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temperature.

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

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə/Received-Pronunciation[ˈtʰɛm.pʰə.ɹət͡ʃə]Received-Pronunciation[ˈtʰɛm.pʰɹə.t͡ʃə]Received-Pronunciation/ˈtem.p(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə/Australia
  1. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.

    countable · uncountable
    The boiling temperature of pure water is 100 degrees Celsius.
    The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.
  2. An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.

    countable · uncountable
    You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.
  3. 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.

    countable · uncountable
  4. A parameter that controls the degree of randomness of the output.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The general mood.

    colloquial · countable · figuratively · uncountable
  6. The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.

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

    archaic · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin temperātūra (cf. also French température), from the past participle stem of tempero (“to temper”).

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