Site Map | FAQ

• Editor's Favorites
  • Answerplease: A new Q & A site
  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
  • Gay Pride Month
  • Everest Almanac
  • Memorial Day
  • Conversion Calculator
  • Campaign 2012
  • Country Profiles
  • Most Populous Cities of the World
  • Holidays in America
  • 50 States
  • Color Psychology
  • Top 50 U.S. Cities
  • Infoplease's Facebook page
  • Follow Infoplease on Twitter

 

Dictionary

Ré•au•mur

Pronunciation: (rā'u-myoor"; Fr. rā-ō-myr'), [key]
—n.
Re•né An•toine Fer•chault de Pronunciation: (ru-nā' än-twan' fer-shō' du), [key] 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.

—adj.
Also,Re'au•mur".noting or pertaining to a temperature scale (Ré'aumur scale") in which 0° represents the ice point and 80° represents the steam point. See illus. under thermometer.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

Réaum

reave

• • Cite
  • Print
  • Email
  • Bookmark
    • Add bookmark
    • Add to del.icio.us
    • Digg It!
    • Add to Reddit

Related Content Daily Word Quiz: prima facie Analogy of the Day: Today's Analogy Spelling Bee: Today's Spelling Bee Kids' Word Quiz: chagrin Crossword: Crossword Puzzle Guide Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language

Find definitions for: