temperature
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
- (countable, uncountable) An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.
- (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.
- (countable, uncountable) A parameter that controls the degree of randomness of the output.
- (colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable) The general mood.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
- (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
Translations
Frequency
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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