Complete Definition of "temperature"

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English

Etymology
From French température or L. temperatura, from the past participle stem of temperare �temper�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�t�mp�rɪʧ�/
audio|en-us-temperature.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. obsolete The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
  2. obsolete temperament|Temperament.

#*1759: that not only the production of a rational Being was concern'd in it, but that possibly the happy foundation and temperature of his body, perhaps his genius and the very cast of his mind � Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p.5)

  1. A measure of cold or hot. A thermometer can usually be used to determine its value.

#:The boiling temperature of pure water is 100 degrees Celsius.

  1. Having a higher than normal or elevated body temperature.

#:You have a temperature; I think you should stay home today. You�re sick.

  1. italbrac|when not used in relation with something The temperature(1) of the immediate environment.

#:The temperature dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.

  1. A feeling how much one want to do; a fever.
  2. context|thermodynamics 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. 1

See also
Customary: degrees Fahrenheit (°F), degrees Rankine (°R, measures absolute temperature)
Metric: degrees Celsius/centigrade (°C), kelvins (K, measures absolute temperature)

Translations
trans-top|A measure of cold or hot
Arabic: ARchar|درجة ا�حرارة unicode|(dárajet al-ħarára) f
Catalan: temperatura f
Chinese: 温度 (w�ndù)
Croatian: t-|hr|temperatura|f
Czech: t-|cs|teplota|f
Dutch: t-|nl|temperatuur|m
Finnish: t+|fi|lämpötila
French: t+|fr|température
German: t+|de|Temperatur|f
Greek: t+|el|θε�μοκ�α�ία|f|sc=Grek (thermokrasía)
Hungarian: t-|hu|h�mérséklet
Interlingua: temperatura
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Italian: t+|it|temperatura|f
Japanese: 温度 (���, ondo)
Korean: �� (ondo)
Polish: t+|pl|temperatura|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|temperatura|f
Romanian: t-|ro|temperatur�|f
Russian: t-|ru|�емпе�а���а|f|trtemperatúra|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|temperatura|f
Swedish: t+|sv|temperatur
Telugu: �ష�ణ���రత (ushNoagrata)
Thai: อุ�หภูมิ (oon-na-ha-poom)
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trans-top|Having a higher than normal or elevated body temperature
Catalan: febre f
Croatian: t-|hr|temperatura|f
Dutch: t+|nl|verhoging|f
Finnish: t+|fi|kuume
German: erhöhte Temperatur f
Greek: t+|el|θε�μοκ�α�ία|f|sc=Grek (thermokrasía)
Guarani: akãnundu
Hungarian: t-|hu|láz
Interlingua: febre
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Italian: t+|it|febbre|f
Japanese: � (netsu)
Polish: t-|pl|gor�czka|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|febre|f
Romanian: t-|ro|temperatur�|f, t-|ro|febr�|f
Spanish: t+|es|fiebre|f
Swedish: t+|sv|feber
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trans-top|The temperature of the immediate environment
Croatian: t-|hr|temperatura|f
Japanese: �温 (���, kion)
German: t+|de|Temperatur|f
Greek: t+|el|θε�μοκ�α�ία|f|sc=Grek (thermokrasía)
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Swedish: t+|sv|temperatur
Telugu: �ష�ణ���రత (ushNoagrata)
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trans-top|A feeling how much one want to do
Japanese: � (netsu)
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trans-top|in thermodynamics
Croatian: t-|hr|temperatura|f
Japanese: � (netsu)
German: t+|de|Temperatur|f
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ttbc|Esperanto: temperaturo
ttbc|Indonesian: temperatur, suhu
ttbc|Tupinambá: akuba (t-)

Related terms
hot
warm
lukewarm
cool
cold
fresh
fever


Italian

Noun
temperature f plural

  1. plural of temperatura

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