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Reinette

Reinette is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Reinette rather than just read about it. In short: Reinette (French for "little queen"), often Rennet in English and popular in Italian and Portuguese cuisines as Renetta and Reineta, respectively, is the name of a number of apple cultivars, in the Diel-Lucas and Diel-Dochnahl apple classification systems. Reinettes are divided into the following groups: 1.

Key takeaways

Reinette belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Reinette to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Reinette from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Reinette (French for "little queen"), often Rennet in English and popular in Italian and Portuguese cuisines as Renetta and Reineta, respectively, is the name of a number of apple cultivars, in the Diel-Lucas and Diel-Dochnahl apple classification systems. Reinettes are divided into the following groups:

1. One-Colored Reinettes, eg., Ananas Reinette, Reinette Franche, Rhode-Island Greening 2. Red Reinettes, eg., Baumans Reinette, Jonathan 3a. Gold Reinettes striped, eg., Blenheim Orange, Cox Orange Pippin, von Zuccalmaglios Reinette 3b. Gold Reinettes blushed, eg., Court of Wick 4. Gray Reinettes, eg., Brownless Russet, Roxbury Russet

Cultivars

Adams Pearmain diploid S-genotype S1 S3 Allington Pippin diploid S-genotype S1 S5 Biesterfelder Renette triploid Blenheim Orange triploid S-genotype S1 S3 S10 Brownless Russet Bödiker's Gold Reinette Court of Wick Daniel Fele Renet triploid Golden Reinette = Reinette de Hollande diploid S-genotype S1 S3 Harberts Reinette triploid Jonathan diploid Kaiser Wilhelm triploid Karminj de Sonnaville triploid S-genotype S5 S7 S9 Laxton's Superb diploid Laxton's Royalty diploid Merton Pearmain Merton Russet diploid S-genotype S5 S24 Oranje de Sonnaville triploid Peasgood's Nonsuch Reine des reinettes Reine des Reinettes Rouge, diploid Reinette à Longue Queue, diploid Reinette Ananas diploid Reinette Baumann diploid Reinette Bergamotte, an apple-pear graft-chimaera Reinette Clochard Reinette Coulon triploid Reinette Courthay Reinette d'Amérique Reinette d'Armorique Beauty of Hants triploid Reinette de Bretagne Reinette de Brive Reinette de Champagne diploid S-genotype S2 S4 Reinette de Chênée, Cox's Orange Pippin diploid S-genotype S5 S9 Reinette de Flandre Reinette de France triploid S-genotype S3 S19 S24 Reinette de Hollande see Golden Reinette Reinette de l'Hopital, Reinette de Landsberg = Landsberger Reinette Reinette de Savoie Reinette de Servin Reinette de Tournai Reinette Descardre triploid Reinette des Carmes = Carmeliter Reinette diploid Reinette dorée Reinette d'Orléans triploid S-genotype S1 S3 S40 Reinette du Canada triploid S-genotype S1 S2 S3 Reinette du Mans Reinette du Portugal see Reinette Grise de Portugal Reinette Duquesne Reinette étoilée Reinette franche diploid Reinette grise de Lorient Reinette Grise de Portugal Reinette Hernaut Reinette jaune sucrée Reinette Limon = Limonen Reinette Reinette Newtown or Reinette Albemarle Reinette Oldenburg Ribston Pippin triploid Reinette Sanguine du Rhin Rhode-Island Greening. Roxbury Russet Rötliche Reinette Sturmer Pippin Suntan triploid von Zuccalmaglios Reinette

References

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Reinette

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Reinette claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Reinette before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Reinette ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Reinette

In research: Reinette appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Reinette in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Reinette is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Apples, Fruit stubs, Malus stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Reinette outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Reinette in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Reinette means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Reinette out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Reinette in simple terms?

Why does Reinette matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Reinette?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Reinette.