temperature

Meaning

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

Concepts

temperature

heat

fever

T

warmth

body temperature

heat and cold

degree of heat

enthusiasm

climatic characteristic

temperature profile

temp.

temper

temp

atmospheric temperature

thermometer

clinical thermometer

air temperature

pilot balloon observation

radiosonde

terraforming

warmness

hot

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛm.pɹə.t͡ʃə/

Etymology

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

Sentences

As long as there is water in a cooking pot , the temperature cannot rise above a hundred degrees Celsius .