temperature

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛmp(ə)ɹət͡ʃə/, /ˈtɛm.pə.t͡ʃə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛmpəɹ(ə)ˌt͡ʃɚ/, /ˈtɛmpɹəˌt͡ʃɚ/, /ˈtɛmpət͡ʃɚ/, [ˈtʰɛm.pʰəɹˌt͡ʃɚ], [ˈtʰɛm.pʰɹəˌt͡ʃɚ]
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈʈemp(a)ɾeːt͡ʃa(ɾ)/

Noun

temperature (countable and uncountable, plural temperatures)

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:temperature
2. An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.
3. (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.
4. (machine learning) A parameter that controls the degree of randomness of the output.
5. (figurative, colloquial) The general mood.
6. (obsolete) The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
7. (now rare, archaic) The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.
   • 1993, James Michie, trans. Ovid, The Art of Love, Book II:

     Only a strong dose of love will cure / A woman with an angry temperature.

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Derived terms

Related terms

• temperature inversion

Translations

See also

• Customary: degrees Fahrenheit (°F), degrees Rankine (°R, measures absolute temperature)
• Metric: degrees Celsius/centigrade (°C), kelvins (K, measures absolute temperature)
• Thesaurus:temperature
• cool
• cold
• fresh
• fever
• hot
• lukewarm
• warm

References

• temperature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tem.pe.raˈtu.re/
• Rhymes: -ure
• Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧ra‧tù‧re

Noun

temperature f pl

1. plural of temperatura

Latin

Participle

temperātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of temperātūrus

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin temperatura.

Noun

temperature f (plural temperatures)

1. disposition; habitual state; temperament