temperature
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- noun
- /ˈtɛmpərətʃər/
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temperatura
- Despite the cool late-afternoon temperature, she had on only her thin doctor's white jacket.
- high temperatures
- air temperature
- ambient temperature
And we don't know how to sustain life under temperatures that hot so.
- And we don't know how to sustain life under temperatures that hot so.
- Yes Tim Could extreme temperatures change my gut microbiome?
- It's a lapse rate where the temperature increases with height.
- So I'm going to choose for my variables temperature and XI.
Examples
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Pat, the cooler temperatures here today certainly have not stopped people from showing up.
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It's best to take the temperature of the meat with an instant-read thermometer.
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So I will be testing the temperature of the skin.
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We argue about the temperature of the house daily.
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We really should get back before the temperature drops.
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You know what the average temperature is in San Diego?
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Everything else is subject to the ambient temperature in their environment.
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The day was gray, and though the temperature was mild, the air felt chilly.
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Rome was insupportable, and even in the Hills the temperature at noon was over a hundred.
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Eggplants very much enjoy warm summer temperatures where they originate from.
Idioms
Compounds
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The usual comfortable indoor temperature is about 20 to 22 degrees Celsius or 68 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit
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A change in temperature over a distance, for example up a mountain
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Temperature measured from absolute zero and shown on the Kelvin scale
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The temperature you measure right after waking and before you move or eat
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A system for measuring how hot something is using units like Celsius and Fahrenheit
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A natural way for a woman to find her fertile days by taking her temperature every morning
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A natural way to avoid pregnancy by checking a woman's daily morning temperature to find days she can get pregnant
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The temperature above which a magnetic material loses its strong magnetism and becomes weakly magnetic
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A temperature of exactly zero degrees Celsius that scientists use as a reference
How Hot
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word temperature comes from the Latin root temper-, from temperare, which means 'to mix' or 'to make steady'. Think of English temper or temperate, both about balance, so temperature is the measure of how hot or cold something is — the 'balance' of heat in it.