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
Synonyms:
- fahrenheit
- centigrade
- degrees below zero
- degrees above zero
- degrees of temperature
- thermal reading
- weather condition
- body-heat
- warmth
- cold
- heat
- climatic characteristic
Other Word Forms of Temperature
Noun
Singular:
temperaturePlural:
temperaturesOrigin of Temperature
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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
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From French température and its source Latin temperatura, from the past participle stem of tempero (“I temper").
From Wiktionary
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