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REAUMUR
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• REAUMUR (noun)
The noun REAUMUR has 1 sense:
1. French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757)
Familiarity information: REAUMUR used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Reaumur; Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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