Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
  2. (countable, uncountable) An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.
  3. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A parameter that controls the degree of randomness of the output.
  5. (colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable) The general mood.
  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
  7. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.

Synonyms

air temperature

degree of heat

atmospheric temperature

heat and cold

clinical thermometer

climatic characteristic

temperature profile

pilot balloon observation

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɛm.pɹə.t͡ʃə/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin temperātūra (cf. also French température), from the past participle stem of tempero (“I temper”).

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