"Réaumur scale" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Named after the French scientist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757). Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|scientist||||}} scientist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur}} René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, {{named-after|en|René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur|born=1683|died=1757|nat=the French|occ=scientist|wplink==}} Named after the French scientist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Réaumur scale
  1. A temperature scale on which 0 °C is 0 and 100 °C is 80.
    Sense id: en-Réaumur_scale-en-name-ny9Wrl48 Categories (other): Temperature Disambiguation of Temperature: 51 49
  2. (historical) A temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 and the alcohol mixture expands by 8% and boils at 80. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Réaumur_scale-en-name-OQkr1PfK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Temperature Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62 Disambiguation of Temperature: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: Celsius scale, Fahrenheit scale, Kelvin scale, Rankine scale
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