English Explanatory Dictionary

temperature

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
  2. An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.
  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.
  4. A parameter that controls the degree of randomness of the output.
  5. The general mood.
  6. The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
  7. The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə/ [ˈtʰɛm.pʰə.ɹət͡ʃə] [ˈtʰɛm.pʰɹə.t͡ʃə] /ˈtem.p(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə/ [ˈtʰem.pʰə.ɹə.t͡ʃə] [ˈtʰem.pʰɹə.t͡ʃə] /ˈtɛm.pɚ.(ə)ˌt͡ʃɚ/ [ˈtʰɛm.pʰɚ.əˌt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɛm.pʰɹ̩.əˌt͡ʃɚ] /ˈtɛm.p(ɹ)əˌt͡ʃɚ/ [ˈtʰɛm.pʰ(ɹ)əˌt͡ʃɚ] en-us-temperature.ogg /ˈtɪm.pɚ.(ə)ˌt͡ʃɚ/ [ˈtʰɪ̟m.pʰɚ.əˌt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɪ̟m.pʰɹ̩.əˌt͡ʃɚ] /ˈtɪm.p(ɹ)əˌt͡ʃɚ/ [ˈtʰɪ̟m.pʰ(ɹ)əˌt͡ʃɚ] /ʈɛmp(ə)ˈretʃə(r)/ [ʈɛmp(ə)ˈretʃə(r)]

Word forms

temperature temperatures

Etymology

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

Synonyms

temperature

Related words

temperature inversion cool cold fresh fever hot lukewarm warm boiling scalding incandescent scorching scorchio red-hot molten egelid balmy toasty tepid algid bleak boreal brisk brumal chill chilly crisp drafty gelid inclement nesh nippy parky shivering sleety taters wintry arctic baltic benumbed bitter cold brass monkeys freezing frigid frosty frore frozen glacial icy polar snowy extreme high moderate mild low absolute weather energy degrees Celsius

Derived words

absolute temperature autoignition temperature biotemperature body temperature buying temperature convective temperature core temperature critical temperature cryotemperature Curie temperature distemperature dry-bulb temperature dry bulb temperature equivalent potential temperature equiviscous temperature floor temperature challenge glass transition temperature high-temperature superconductivity high-temperature superconductor humiture ignition temperature I have a temperature IQ of room temperature kinetic temperature land skin temperature light-off temperature liquid nitrogen temperature low temperature flexibility multitemperature Néel temperature overtemperature palaeotemperature paleotemperature perceived temperature potential temperature room-temperature room temperature room temperature IQ room temperature I.Q. room-temperature IQ run a temperature saturation temperature spike a temperature standard temperature and pressure temperatural temperature coefficient temperature gun temperature-humidity index temperatureless temperature play temperaturewise thermodynamic temperature transition temperature virtual temperature wet bulb temperature wet-bulb temperature Wilson's temperature syndrome

Translations

Armenian: ջերմաստիճան Azerbaijani: hərarət Azerbaijani: istilik Belarusian: тэмперату́ра Belarusian: тэмпэрату́ра Bulgarian: температу́ра Chinese Cantonese: 氣溫 /气温 Chinese Mandarin: 氣溫 /气温 Finnish: lämpötila German: Temperatur Greek: θερμοκρασία Hindi: तापमान Japanese: 気温 Korean: 기온 Macedonian: температу́ра Malayalam: താപനില Navajo: naʼalkid Portuguese: temperatura Romanian: temperatură Russian: температу́ра Serbo-Croatian: температу́ра Serbo-Croatian: temperatúra Spanish: temperatura Swedish: temperatur Telugu: ఉష్ణోగ్రత Turkish: sıcaklık Ukrainian: температу́ра
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