Temperature Definition

tĕmpər-ə-cho͝or, -chər, tĕmprə-

temperatures

noun

The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment.

American Heritage Medicine

Temperament.

Webster's New World

A measure of the quantity of heat in an object, usually as measured on a thermometer.

Webster's New World

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter, expressed in terms of units or degrees designated on a standard scale.

American Heritage Medicine

An abnormally high condition of body heat caused by illness; a fever.

American Heritage Medicine

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
fahrenheit
centigrade
degrees below zero
degrees above zero
degrees of temperature
thermal reading
weather condition
body-heat
warmth
cold
heat
climatic characteristic

Other Word Forms of Temperature

Noun

Singular:

temperature

Plural:

temperatures

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
From French température and its source Latin temperatura, from the past participle stem of tempero (“I temper").

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