- Rйaumur scale
- (R) a temperature scale with the ice point at 0 degrees and the normal boiling point of water at 80 degrees Rйaumur (°R).
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Rйaumur scale
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Rйaumur scale thermometer — Rй·au·mur scale, thermometer (ra″o mūrґ) [Renй Antoine Feschault de Rйaumur, French naturalist, 1683–1757] see under scale and thermometer … Medical dictionary
Rйaumur thermometer — a thermometer employing the Rйaumur scale (q.v.) … Medical dictionary
Réaumur — Ré•au•mur [[t]ˈreɪ əˌmyʊər[/t]] n. 1) big René Antoine Ferchault de, 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor 2) phs Also, Re′au•mur . noting or pertaining to a temperature scale(Ré′aumur scale )in which 0° represents the ice point and 80°… … From formal English to slang
R'eaumur — R[ e] au mur (r[asl] [=o] m[.u]r ), a. Of or pertaining to Ren[ e] Antoine Ferchault de R[ e]aumur; conformed to the scale adopted by R[ e]aumur in graduating the thermometer he invented. n. A R[ e]aumur thermometer or scale. [1913 Webster] Note … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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zero — 1. The figure 0, indicating the absence of magnitude, or nothing. 2. In thermometry, the point from which the figures on the scale start in one or the other direction; in the Celsius and Réaumur scales, z. indicates the freezing point for… … Medical dictionary
Absolute zero — Zero e ro, n.; pl. {Zeros}or {Zeroes}. [F. z[ e]ro, from Ar. [,c]afrun, [,c]ifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. {Cipher}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arith.) A cipher; nothing; naught. [1913 Webster] 2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
null method — Zero e ro, n.; pl. {Zeros}or {Zeroes}. [F. z[ e]ro, from Ar. [,c]afrun, [,c]ifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. {Cipher}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arith.) A cipher; nothing; naught. [1913 Webster] 2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Zero — e ro, n.; pl. {Zeros}or {Zeroes}. [F. z[ e]ro, from Ar. [,c]afrun, [,c]ifrun, empty, a cipher. Cf. {Cipher}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arith.) A cipher; nothing; naught. [1913 Webster] 2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
