temperature

[Tem·per*a*ture]

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.

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Constitution; state; degree of any quality.

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

Noun
the somatic sensation of cold or heat


n.
Constitution; state; degree of any quality.

n.
Freedom from passion; moderation.

n.
Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling.

n.
Mixture; compound.


Temperature

Tem"per*a*ture , n. [F. temp'82rature, L. temperatura due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.] 1. Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
The best composition and temperature is, to have openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit, dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to feign, if there be no remedy.
Memory depends upon the consistence and the temperature of the brain.
2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.]
In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth, Most goodly temperature you may descry.
3. (Physics) Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling. 4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.]
Made a temperature of brass and iron together.
Absolute temperature. (Physics) See under Absolute. -- Animal temperature (Physiol.), the nearly constant temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded (homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during respiration. See Homoiothermal. -- Temperature sense (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of temperature in external objects. H. N. Martin.

Tempered

Tem"pered , a. Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.

Constitution; state; degree of any quality.

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Usage Examples

Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject.

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Other Usage Examples

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

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