Definitions for temperature
ˈtɛm pər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, -prə-, -pər tʃər, -ˌtʃʊərtem·per·a·ture

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. temperaturenoun

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

2. temperaturenoun

   the somatic sensation of cold or heat

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. temperaturenoun

   The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.

2. temperaturenoun

   The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.

3. temperaturenoun

   A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.

   The boiling temperature of pure water is 100 degrees Celsius.

4. temperaturenoun

   An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.

   You have a temperature; I think you should stay home today. You're sick.

5. temperaturenoun

   The temperature(1) of the immediate environment.

   The temperature dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.

6. temperaturenoun

   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.

7. temperaturenoun

   Body temperature noted as: cool, cold, warm, or hot as part of the skin signs assessment

8. Etymology: From French température or temperatura, from the past participle stem of temperare ‘temper’.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Temperaturenoun

   Etymology: temperatura, tempero, Latin; temperature, French.

   1. Constitution of nature; degree of any qualities.

   It lieth in the same climate, and is of no other temperature than Guinea. George Abbot, Description of the World.

   Birds that change countries at certain seasons, if they come earlier, shew the temperature of weather. Francis Bacon.

   Memory depends upon the consistence and the temperature of the brain. Isaac Watts.

   2. Mediocrity; due balance of contrarieties.

   As the world’s sun doth effects beget
   Diff’rent, in divers places ev’ry day;
   Here Autumn’s temperature, there Summer’s heat,
   Here flow’ry Spring-tide, and there Winter gray. Davies.

   If, instead of this variation of heat, we suppose an equality, or constant temperature of it before the deluge, the case would be much altered. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

   3. Moderation; freedom from predominant passion.

   In that proud port which her so goodly graceth,
   Most goodly temperature you may descry. Edmund Spenser.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Temperature

   Temperature is a physical quantity that expresses quantitatively the perceptions of hotness and coldness. Temperature is measured with a thermometer. Thermometers are calibrated in various temperature scales that historically have relied on various reference points and thermometric substances for definition. The most common scales are the Celsius scale with the unit symbol °C (formerly called centigrade), the Fahrenheit scale (°F), and the Kelvin scale (K), the latter being used predominantly for scientific purposes. The kelvin is one of the seven base units in the International System of Units (SI). Absolute zero, i.e., zero kelvin or −273.15 °C, is the lowest point in the thermodynamic temperature scale. Experimentally, it can be approached very closely but not actually reached, as recognized in the third law of thermodynamics. It would be impossible to extract energy as heat from a body at that temperature. Temperature is important in all fields of natural science, including physics, chemistry, Earth science, astronomy, medicine, biology, ecology, material science, metallurgy, mechanical engineering and geography as well as most aspects of daily life.

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1. temperature

   Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance, reflecting how hot or cold the substance is. It is a fundamental physical property that quantifies heat intensity and is typically measured in degrees on the Fahrenheit, Celsius, or Kelvin scale. The behavior of a system often changes significantly with temperature, such as phase transitions from solid, to liquid, to gas, and vice versa.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Temperaturenoun

   constitution; state; degree of any quality

2. Temperaturenoun

   freedom from passion; moderation

3. Temperaturenoun

   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. Temperaturenoun

   mixture; compound

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Temperature

   Temperature is a physical quantity that is a measure of hotness and coldness on a numerical scale. It is a measure of the thermal energy per particle of matter or radiation; it is measured by a thermometer, which may be calibrated in any of various temperature scales, Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin, etc. Temperature is an intensive property, which means it is independent of the amount of material present; in contrast to energy, an extensive property, which is proportional to the amount of material in the system. For example, a lightening bolt can heat a small portion of the atmosphere hotter than the surface of the sun. Empirically it is found that an isolated system, one that exchanges no energy or material with its environment, tends to a spatially uniform temperature as time passes. When a path permeable only to heat is open between two bodies, energy always transfers spontaneously as heat from a hotter body to a colder one. The transfer rate depends on the thermal conductivity of the path or boundary between them. Between two bodies with the same temperature no heat flows. These bodies are said to be in thermal equilibrium. In kinetic theory and in statistical mechanics, temperature is the effect of the thermal energy arising from the motion of microscopic particles such as atoms, molecules and photons. The relation is proportional as given by the Boltzmann constant.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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1. • Fundamental Quantity
   • Physical Property
   • Somatic Sensation

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'temperature' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2393

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'temperature' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2433

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'temperature' in Nouns Frequency: #798

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of temperature in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of temperature in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of temperature in a Sentence

1. Elliot Sudal:

   Finding out how they are moving and why depending on water quality, temperature, climate change, things like that, but also to identify where they are having their pups.

2. Edward Guinan:

   Geothermal heating could support' life zones' under its surface, akin to subsurface lakes found in Antarctica, we note that the surface temperature on Jupiter's icy moon Europa is similar to Edward Emerson Barnard b, but because of tidal heating, Europa probably has liquid oceans under its icy surface.

3. Christopher Wild:

   These results suggest that drinking very hot beverages is one probable cause of oesophageal cancer and that it is the temperature, rather than the drinks themselves, that appears to be responsible.

4. David Wachenfeld:

   If the water temperature decreases, bleached corals can recover from this stress. It is important to remember that we had a mass bleaching event in 2020, but there was very low coral mortality.

5. Jacob Brehmer:

   Usually after a diver does a dive, they will have to wait a good amount of time before their next dive, the... air temperature on the pool deck may be a little chilly, so the shower can help keep muscles warm. Diving is such a precise and fast-twitch sport, if the diver gets a little cold and tight, it could really affect their performance.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=temperature
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Temperature
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=temperature
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temperature
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=temperature