Temperature meaning
A measure of the quantity of heat in an object, usually as measured on a thermometer.
- The degree of heat of a living body.
- An excess of this over the normal (c. 37°C or c. 98.6°F in humans); fever.
- The degree of heat of the atmosphere.
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Temperament.
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Temperature is the amount of heat in a given area, or the amount of internal heat in a person's body.
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A measure of the ability of a substance, or more generally of any physical system, to transfer heat energy to another physical system. The temperature of a substance is closely related to the average kinetic energy of its molecules.
The lowest temperatures ever recorded was -129 Fahrenheit in Vostok, Antarctica.
When it is 54 degrees outside, 54 degrees is an example of temperature.
When your body is at 98.6 degrees, this is an example of a normal body temperature.
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Any of various standardized numerical measures of this ability, such as the Kelvin, Fahrenheit, and Celsius scales.
An abnormally high body temperature; a fever.
(now rare, archaic) The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.
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A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
The boiling temperature of pure water is 100 degrees Celsius.
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(when not used in relation with something) The temperature(1) of the immediate environment.
The temperature dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.
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(thermodynamics) A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents.
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The highest temperatures ever recorded was 136 Fahrenheit in El Azizia, Libya.
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Origin of temperature
- Middle English temperate weather Latin temperātūra due measure from temperātus past participle of temperāre to mix temper
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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