Temperature Definition

tĕmpər-ə-cho͝or, -chər, tĕmprə-
temperatures
noun
The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment.
American Heritage Medicine
Temperament.
Webster's New World
A measure of the quantity of heat in an object, usually as measured on a thermometer.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage Medicine
An abnormally high condition of body heat caused by illness; a fever.
American Heritage Medicine
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Other Word Forms of Temperature

Noun

Singular:
temperature
Plural:
temperatures

Origin of Temperature

  • Middle English temperate weather Latin temperātūra due measure from temperātus past participle of temperāre to mix temper

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French température and its source Latin temperatura, from the past participle stem of tempero (“I temper").

    From Wiktionary

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