Temperature

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The degree of heat in the body of a living organism, usually about 37.0°C (98.6°F) in humans.
  • noun. An abnormally high condition of body heat caused by illness; a fever.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In phenology, the temperature below which the germination of the seed and the growth of the plant do not take place.
  • noun. Mixture, or that which is produced by mixture; a compound.
  • noun. Constitution; state; temperament.
  • noun. Moderation; freedom from passions or excesses.
  • noun. Temper, as of metals.
  • noun. Temperateness; mildness.
  • noun. The state of a substance with regard to sensible heat; the degree or intensity of the sensible heat of a body.
  • noun. Specifically, the thermal element of weather or climate.
  • noun. In physiology and pathology, the degree of heat of a living body, especially of the human body. It is usually taken, clinically, in the axilla, under the tongue, or in the rectum.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
  • noun. Freedom from passion; moderation.
  • noun. Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold
  • noun. Mixture; compound.
  • noun. The degree of heat of the body of a living being, esp. of the human body; also (Colloq.), loosely, the excess of this over the normal (of the human body 98°-99.5° F., in the mouth of an adult about 98.4°).
  • noun. See under Absolute.
  • noun. the nearly constant temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded (homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during respiration. See Homoiothermal.
  • noun. the faculty of perceiving cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of temperature in external objects.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
  • noun. The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.
  • noun. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
  • noun. An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.
  • noun. The temperature(1) of the immediate environment.
  • noun. this sense?) (medicine) Body temperature noted as: cool, cold, warm, or hot as part of the skin signs assessment
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
  • noun. the somatic sensation of cold or heat
  • Word Usage
    "The latter temperature (106) still stands as the highest official temperature* ever recorded for Washington, and without air conditioning at that!"
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