Temperature

//ˈtɛm.pəɹˌt͡ʃɚ// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer. countable, uncountable

    "The boiling temperature of pure water is 100 degrees Celsius."

  2. 2
    the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) wordnet
  3. 3
    An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever. countable, uncountable

    "You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick."

  4. 4
    the somatic sensation of cold or heat wordnet
  5. 5
    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

    "In consequence, macroscopic amounts of matter in thermal contact with one another tend to be at the same temperature, a fact of sufficient fundamental importance to merit belated designation as the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics."

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  1. 6
    A parameter that controls the degree of randomness of the output. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    The general mood. colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "But it is both easier and more accurate to take the industry's true temperature at small private gatherings like a conference organized by the Ziff Davis publishing company in northern California last week."

  3. 8
    The state or condition of being tempered or moderated. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. 9
    The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "Our intemperence it is that pulls so many several incurable diseases on our heads, that hastens old age, perverts our temperature, and brings upon us sudden death."

Etymology

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

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