Temperature

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment.
  • n. 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.
  • n. The degree of heat in the body of a living organism, usually about 37.0°C (98.6°F) in humans.
  • n. An abnormally high condition of body heat caused by illness; a fever.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
  • n. The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.
  • n. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
  • n. An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.
  • n. The temperature(1) of the immediate environment.
  • n. this sense?) (medicine) Body temperature noted as: cool, cold, warm, or hot as part of the skin signs assessment
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
  • n. Freedom from passion; moderation.
  • n. 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
  • n. Mixture; compound.
  • n. The degree of heat of the body of a living being, esp. of the human body; also (Colloq.), loosely, the excess of this over the normal (of the human body 98°-99.5° F., in the mouth of an adult about 98.4°).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In phenology, the temperature below which the germination of the seed and the growth of the plant do not take place.
  • n. Mixture, or that which is produced by mixture; a compound.
  • n. Constitution; state; temperament.
  • n. Moderation; freedom from passions or excesses.
  • n. Temper, as of metals.
  • n. Temperateness; mildness.
  • n. The state of a substance with regard to sensible heat; the degree or intensity of the sensible heat of a body.
  • n. Specifically, the thermal element of weather or climate.
  • n. In physiology and pathology, the degree of heat of a living body, especially of the human body. It is usually taken, clinically, in the axilla, under the tongue, or in the rectum.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
  • n. the somatic sensation of cold or heat
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    constitution    state    moderation    mixture    compound   
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    pressure    rate    flow    level    condition    density    velocity    frequency    size    climate