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Réaumur scale
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English
Etymology
en the French scientist 1683 1757 René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur =.
Proper noun
A temperature scale on which 0 °C is 0 and 100 °C is 80.
en historical A temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 and the alcohol mixture expands by 8% and boils at 80.
Coordinate terms
en Celsius scale Fahrenheit scale Kelvin scale Rankine scale
Further reading
en Temperature