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tem⋅per⋅a⋅ture

  [tem-per-uh-cher, -choor, -pruh-, -per-cher, -choor]
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–noun
1. a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. The temperature of two systems is the same when the systems are in thermal equilibrium.
2. Physiology, Pathology.
a. the degree of heat in a living body, normally about 98.6°F (37°C) in humans.
b. the excess of this above the normal.
3. Obsolete. mildness, as of the weather.
4. Obsolete. temperament.
Origin:
1525–35; < L temperātūra a tempering. See temperate, -ure
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tem·per·a·ture   (těm'pər-ə-chŏŏr', -chər, těm'prə-)   
n.  

    1. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment.

    2. 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.

    3. The degree of heat in the body of a living organism, usually about 37.0°C (98.6°F) in humans.

    4. An abnormally high condition of body heat caused by illness; a fever.

    1. The degree of heat in the body of a living organism, usually about 37.0°C (98.6°F) in humans.

    2. An abnormally high condition of body heat caused by illness; a fever.


[Middle English, temperate weather, Latin temperātūra, due measure, from temperātus, past participle of temperāre, to mix; see temper.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

temperature 
1533, "fact of being tempered," also "character or nature of a substance," from L. temperatura "a tempering, moderation," from temperatus, pp. of temperare "to moderate" (see temper). Sense of "degree of heat or cold" first recorded 1670 (Boyle), from L. temperatura, used in this sense by Galileo. Meaning "fever, high temperature" is attested from 1898.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tem·per·a·ture
Pronunciation: 'tem-p&(r)-"chu(&)r, -p(&-)r&-, -ch&r, -"t(y)u(&)r
Function: noun
1 : degree of hotness or coldness measured on a definite scale —see THERMOMETER
2 a : thedegree of heat that is natural to a living body temperature of about 98.6°F> b : a condition of abnormally high body heat temperature>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

temperature tem·per·a·ture (těm'pər-ə-ch&oobreve;r', -chər, těm'prə-)
n.
Abbr. T, t, temp.

  1. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or an environment.

  2. A specific degree of hotness or coldness as indicated on or referred to a standard scale.

  3. The degree of heat in the body of a living organism, usually about 37.0°C (98.6°F) in humans.

  4. An abnormally high condition of body heat caused by illness; a fever.

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Idioms & Phrases

temperature

see run a fever (temperature).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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