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(tĕm′pər-ə-cho͝or′, -chər, tĕm′prə-)

a. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment.

b. A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter, expressed in terms of units or degrees designated on a standard scale.

a. The degree of heat in the body of a living organism, usually about 37.0°C (98.6°F) in humans.

b. An abnormally high condition of body heat caused by illness; a fever.

[Middle English, temperate weather, Latin temperātūra, due measure, from temperātus, past participle of temperāre, to mix; see temper.]

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(ˈtɛmprɪtʃə)

1. (General Physics) the degree of hotness of a body, substance, or medium; a physical property related to the average kinetic energy of the atoms or molecules of a substance

2. (General Physics) a measure of this degree of hotness, indicated on a scale that has one or more fixed reference points

3. (Pathology) informal a body temperature in excess of the normal

4. archaic

[C16 (originally: a mingling): from Latin temperātūra proportion, from temperāre to temper]

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(ˈtɛm pər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, -prə-, -pər tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər)

1. a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value.

a. the degree of heat in a living body, normally about 98.6°F (37°C) in humans.

b. a level of such heat above the normal; fever: running a temperature.

3. Obs. mildness, as of the weather.

[1525–35; < Latin temperātūra blending, tempering. See temperate, -ure]

(tĕm′pər-ə-cho͝or′)

1. A measure of the average kinetic energy of atoms or molecules in a system.

2. A numerical measure of hotness or coldness on a standard scale, such as the Kelvin scale. See Note at Celsius.

3. An abnormally high body temperature; a fever.

Usage The molecules of all substances are in motion, and the energy associated with this motion is called kinetic energy. Temperature and heat are both ways of measuring this energy, but they do not mean the same thing. A substance's temperature is the average kinetic energy of the substance's molecules. By contrast, a substance's heat is the total amount of energy contained in the substance. Thus, the water in two different pots, one four times as large as the other, might be at the same temperature, but the water in the larger pot would contain four times as much heat, since it requires four times as much energy to raise the temperature to the temperature of the water in the smaller pot.

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1. Degree of “hotness” measured in Celsius, Fahrenheit, etc.

2. A measure of temperature difference representing a single division on a temperature scale.

Noun

temperature - the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)

physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions

absolute temperature - temperature measured on the absolute scale

absolute 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 Fahrenheit

dew point - the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins

flash point, flashpoint - the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air

boiling point - the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "they brought the water to a boil"

mercury - temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was falling rapidly"

room temperature - the normal temperature of room in which people live

simmer - temperature just below the boiling point; "the stew remained at a simmer for hours"

blood heat, body temperature - temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

high temperature, hotness, heat - the presence of heat

temperature - the somatic sensation of cold or heat

warmth, heat - the sensation caused by heat energy

coldness, cold - the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

comfort zone - the temperature range (between 28 and 30 degrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweating

حَرارَة الجِسِمدَرَجَةُ الـحَرَارَةدَرَجَة حَرارَه

hõmérséklethőmérsékletláz

ısısıcaklıkvücut ısısıateşhararet

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temperature chart

n (Med) → Fiebertabelle f; (= curve of graph) → Fieberkurve f

temperature gauge

temperature-sensitive

adj → temperaturempfindlich

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[ˈtɛmprɪtʃəʳ] n → temperatura
to have or run a temperature → avere la febbre

(ˈtemprətʃə) noun

2. a level of body heat that is higher than normal. She had a temperature and wasn't feeling well. koors حَرارَة الجِسِم температура febre teplota die Temperatur feber πυρετόςfiebre palavik تب kuume température, fièvreחום बुखार povišena tjelesna temperatura láz panas hiti febbre 熱 고열 temperatūra paaugstināta temperatūra panas badan verhogingfebertemperatura febre febră, temperatură температура teplota vročina povišena temperatura feber ระดับความร้อน vücut ısısı, ateş 發燒 температура بدن کا درجۂ حرارت sốt 发烧

take someone's temperature

to measure a person's body heat, using a thermometer. temperatuur meet/neem يَقيس دَرَجَة حرارَة الجِسِم премервам температурата medir a temperatura měřit teplotu (někomu) Temperatur messen tage temperatur θερμομετρώ tomar/medir la temperatura de alguien kraadima دمای بدن را اندازه گیری کردن mitata lämpö prendre la température de לִמדוֹד חוֹם बुखार थर्मामीटर से नापना, देखना mjeriti kome temperaturu megméri vkinek a lázát mengukur panas mæla hita misurare la temperatura a qualcuno 体温を計る 체온을 재다 matuoti kam temperatūrą mērīt [] temperatūru menyukat suhu badan iemands temperatuur opnemen måle temperaturen (z)mierzyć komuś temperaturę tirar a temperatura a lua temperatura (cuiva) измерять температуру merať teplotu meriti komu temperaturo izmeriti temperaturu วัดอุณหภูมิ ateşine bakmak 量體溫 міряти температуру کسي کا درجۂ حرارت ديکھنا đo nhiệt độ 量体温

→ دَرَجَةُ الـحَرَارَة teplota temperatur Temperatur θερμοκρασία temperatura lämpötila température temperatura temperatura 温度 온도 temperatuur temperatur temperatura temperatura температура temperatur อุณหภูมิ ısı nhiệt độ 温度

1. n. temperatura, grado de calor o frío de un cuerpo o masa.

2. Condición anormal de frío o calor de un organismo.

n temperatura; (fam, fever) fiebre f, calentura; axillary — temperatura axilar; oral — temperatura oral; rectal — temperatura rectal; room — temperatura ambiente; to take (someone's) — tomar(le) la temperatura (a alguien); to take one's (own) — tomarse la temperatura; Did you take your temperature at home?..¿Se tomó la temperatura en casa?

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"Well, you'd better let me take your temperature," said Griffiths.

The cracking and booming of the ice indicate a change of temperature. One pleasant morning after a cold night, February 24th, 1850, having gone to Flint's Pond to spend the day, I noticed with surprise, that when I struck the ice with the head of my axe, it resounded like a gong for many rods around, or as if I had struck on a tight drum-head.

They necessarily consumed a certain quantity of gas, for they were obliged to keep the producing substance at a temperature of above 400@.

THE TEMPERATURE of the regions west of the Rocky Mountains is much milder than in the same latitudes on the Atlantic side; the upper plains, however, which lie at a distance from the sea-coast, are subject in winter to considerable vicissitude; being traversed by lofty "sierras," crowned with perpetual snow, which often produce flaws and streaks of intense cold This was experienced by Captain Bonneville and his companions in their progress westward.

Its physical condition is still largely a mystery, but we know now that even in its equatorial region the midday temperature barely approaches that of our coldest winter.

The air of the apartments is forced to pass through its pipes, and is then released with a heightened temperature. Well, what I have just described to you is nothing more nor less than a calorifere.

If we succeed in so doing before we reach the higher internal temperature we may even yet survive.

- Birds.- Reptiles - Climate West of the Mountains - Mildness of the Temperature.- Soil of the Coast and the Interior.

If I were a natural philosopher, I would tell him that if less of caloric were set in motion upon the planets which are nearest to the sun, and more, on the contrary, upon those which are farthest removed from it, this simple fact would alone suffice to equalize the heat, and to render the temperature of those worlds supportable by beings organized like ourselves.

Each molecule of the gutter bore away a molecule of heat radiating from Gringoire's loins, and the equilibrium between the temperature of his body and the temperature of the brook, began to be established in rough fashion.

Some idea of the significance of this may be gained by conceiving of an equal difference of temperature in the opposite direction.

During the first eleven days, whilst nature was dormant, the mean temperature taken from observations made every two hours on board the Beagle, was 51 degs.; and in the middle of the day the thermometer seldom ranged above 55 degs.