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tem⋅per⋅a⋅ture
[tem-per-uh-cher, -choo
r, -pruh-, -per-cher, -choor] 
–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.
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| 3. | Obsolete. mildness, as of the weather. |
| 4. | Obsolete. temperament. |
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| tem·per·a·ture (těm'pər-ə-chŏŏr', -chər, těm'prə-) n.
[Middle English, temperate weather, Latin temperātūra, due measure, from temperātus, past participle of temperāre, to mix; see temper.] |
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Temperature
Tem"per*a*ture\, n. (Physiol. & Med.) The degree of heat of the body of a living being, esp. of the human body; also (Colloq.), loosely, the excess of this over the normal (of the human body 98[deg]-99.5[deg] F., in the mouth of an adult about 98.4[deg]).Temperature
Tem"per*a*ture\, n. [F. temp['e]rature, L. temperatura due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.]1. Constitution; state; degree of any quality. The best composition and temperature is, to have openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit, dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to feign, if there be no remedy. --Bacon. Memory depends upon the consistence and the temperature of the brain. --I. Watts. 2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.] In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth, Most goodly temperature you may descry. --Spenser. 3. (Physics) Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling. 4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.] Made a temperature of brass and iron together. --Holland. Absolute temperature. (Physics) See under Absolute. Animal temperature (Physiol.), the nearly constant temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded (homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during respiration. See Homoiothermal. Temperature sense (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of temperature in external objects. --H. N. Martin.
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Language Translation for : temperature
Spanish:
temperatura,
German:
die Temperatur,
Japanese:
温度
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.
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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
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temperature tem·per·a·ture (těm'pər-ə-ch&oobreve;r', -chər, těm'prə-)
n.
Abbr. T, t, temp.
- The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or an environment.
- A specific degree of hotness or coldness as indicated on or referred to a standard scale.
- The degree of heat in the body of a living organism, usually about 37.0°C (98.6°F) in humans.
- An abnormally high condition of body heat caused by illness; a fever.
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temperature (těm'pər-ə-ch r') Pronunciation Key
Our Living Language : Heat and temperature are closely related but distinct and sometimes subtle ideas. Heat is simply transferred thermal energy—most commonly, the kinetic energy of molecules making up substance, vibrating and bouncing against each other. A substance's temperature, on the other hand, is a measure of its ability to transfer heat, rather than the amount of heat transferred. For example, a match lit under a pot of boiling water reaches a much higher temperature than the water, but it is able to give off much less heat, since only a small amount of thermal energy is created and released by it. When any two substances of different temperatures are in thermal contact, the laws of thermodynamics state that heat flows from the higher-temperature substance into the lower-temperature substance, raising the temperature of the heated body and lowering the temperature of the body releasing heat until thermal equilibrium is reached, and the temperatures are the same. Thus temperature describes a characteristic of matter that determines the direction and extent of heat transfer, so the match with little heat but high temperature still adds energy to the water when placed under the pot. Providing a closed physical system with heat generally raises its temperature but not necessarily; for example, ice at zero degrees Celsius requires considerable additional heat in order to melt into water at zero degrees Celsius. Temperature can be related to the average kinetic energy of the molecules of gases, though this relation breaks down in most real cases involving liquids, solids, substances with larger molecules, and radiation with no mass, such as light. The two most common temperature scales, Celsius (C) and Fahrenheit (F), are based on the freezing and boiling points of water. On the Celsius scale there are 100 increments between the two points, and on the Fahrenheit scale there are 180. Scientists also use the International System units called Kelvins (K). A difference in temperature of one degree is equivalent in the Celsius and Kelvin scales, but their absolute scales are different: while zero degrees C is the temperature at which water freezes (at a pressure of one atmosphere), zero degrees K (-273.72 degrees C), also called absolute zero, is the least possible temperature for a system, representing a theoretical state from which no heat can be extracted. |
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temperature
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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