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temperature
A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
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A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
“The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.”
An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.
“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. http//arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055
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.
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The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.
You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.