Temperature
Definition of Temperature
Tem´per`a`ture
n.
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
.
- Bacon.
Memory
depends
upon
the
consistence
and
the
temperature
of
the
brain
.
- I. Watts.
2.
Freedom
from
passion
;
moderation
.
In
that
proud
port
,
which
her
so
goodly
graceth
,
Most
goodly
temperature
you
may
descry
.
- Spenser.
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
.
Made
a
temperature
of
brass
and
iron
together
.
- Holland.
5.
(Physiol. & Med.)
The
degree
of
heat
of
the
body
of
a
living
being
,
esp
.
of
the
human
body
;
also
(
Colloq
.)
,
loosely
,
the
excess
of
this
over
the
normal
(
of
the
human
body
98°-99.5°
F
.,
in
the
mouth
of
an
adult
about
98.4°).
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.
Related Words
cold
,
coldness
,
comfort
zone
,
heat
,
somaesthesia
,
somatesthesia
,
somatic
sensation
,
somesthesia
,
warmth
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