temperature
Other forms: temperatures
Temperature refers to how hot or cold something is. When you think you might have a fever, you take your temperature to see if it is higher than normal.
Temperature can also mean hotness and coldness in terms of excitement. Before offering a discount on its new one-legged jeans, the clothing manufacturer surveyed 200 loyal customers over the phone, to gauge the likely temperature of the response to their marketing ploy.
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the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)types:absolute temperaturetemperature measured on the absolute scaleabsolute zero(cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal); 0 Kelvin or -273.15 centigrade or -459.67 FahrenheitCurie point, Curie temperaturethe temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagneticdew pointthe temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation beginsflash point, flashpointthe lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in airmercurytemperature measured by a mercury thermometerroom temperaturethe normal temperature of room in which people livesimmertemperature just below the boiling pointblood heat, body temperaturetemperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's healthbasal body temperature, basal temperaturebody temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anythingfrostinesscoldness as evidenced by frostcoolthe quality of being at a refreshingly low temperaturetorridityextreme heatwhite heatthe hotness of something heated until it turns whitetype of:physical propertyany property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactionsfundamental measure, fundamental quantityone of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
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the somatic sensation of cold or heattypes:comfort zonethe temperature range (between 28 and 30 degrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweatingtype of:somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesiathe perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
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