temperature
/ˈtɛm.pəɹ.ə.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/ noun A2- A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer. · The boiling temperature of pure water is 100 degrees Celsius.· The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.
- An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever. · You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.
- 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.
Plural temperatures
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Watson would assure you that these changes of temperature are most insidious."
They reached the building, ornamented with magnificent fruits, which ripen at the beginning of July in the artificial temperature which takes the place of the sun, so frequently absent in our climate.
I stepped up to her with a few reassuring words, and she lay still while I took her pulse and temperature.
On a July afternoon, the black roof of a city building can reach temperatures well above 150 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to burn bare skin.
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