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 Definitions of Temperature  [ˈtɛm pər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, -prə-, -pər tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər]  

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Definition of 'Temperature' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) temperature
a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value.

2.  temperature
the degree of heat in a living body, normally about 98.6°F (37°C) in humans.

3.  temperature
a level of such heat above the normal; fever:
running a temperature.

4.  temperature
Obs. mildness, as of the weather.

5.  temperature
Obs. temperament.

Etymology:  (1525–35; < L temperātūra blending, tempering. See temperate , -ure)

Definition of 'Temperature' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) temperature
the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)

2. (noun) temperature
the somatic sensation of cold or heat


Definition of 'Temperature' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) temperature
a measurement of heat
Todays' temperatures will be in the low 80s.; Check the temperature of the water.; as the temperature rose/fell

2.  temperature
how hot sb's body is
She has a dangerously high temperature.

3.  temperature
take sb's temperature
to use a device to check sb's body temperature


Definition of 'Temperature' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Temperature
constitution; state; degree of any quality

2. (noun) Temperature
freedom from passion; moderation

3. (noun) Temperature
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. (noun) Temperature
mixture; compound


Definition of 'Temperature' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Temperature
The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms.


Translation of 'Temperature' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the amount or degree of cold or heat
The food must be kept at a low temperature.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: temperatuur Arabic flag Arabic: دَرَجَة حَرارَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: температура
Brazilian flag Brazilian: temperatura Czech flag Czech: teplota German flag German: die Temperatur
Danish flag Danish: temperatur Greek flag Greek: θερμοκρασία Spanish flag Spanish: temperatura
Estonian flag Estonian: temperatuur Farsi flag Farsi: دما Finnish flag Finnish: lämpötila
French flag French: température Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוֹם Hindi flag Hindi: तापमान
Croatian flag Croatian: temperatura Hungarian flag Hungarian: hőmérséklet Indonesian flag Indonesian: suhu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hiti, hitastig Italian flag Italian: temperatura Japanese flag Japanese: 温度
Korean flag Korean: 온도 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: temperatūra Latvian flag Latvian: temperatūra
Malay flag Malay: suhu Dutch flag Dutch: temperatuur Norwegian flag Norwegian: temperatur
Polish flag Polish: temperatura Portuguese flag Portuguese: temperatura Romanian flag Romanian: temperatură
Russian flag Russian: температура Slovak flag Slovak: teplota Slovenian flag Slovenian: temperatura
Serbian flag Serbian: temperatura Swedish flag Swedish: temperatur Thai flag Thai: อุณหภูมิ
Turkish flag Turkish: sıcaklık (derecesi), ısı, Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 溫度 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: температура
Urdu flag Urdu: حرارت يا برودت کي مقدار ي Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhiệt độ Chinese flag Chinese: 温度

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'Temperature' - Nearby Entries  

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