temperature
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə/
The English word “temperature” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
- An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.
- 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.
- A parameter that controls the degree of randomness of the output.
- The general mood.
- The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
- The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin temperātūra (cf. also French température), from the past participle stem of tempero (“to temper”).
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