Definition of Temperature

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Temperature

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�).

Constitution; state; degree of any quality.

Freedom from passion; moderation.

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.

Mixture; compound.

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Temperature Quotations

It doesn't matter what temperature the room is, it's always room temperature.
Steven Wright

It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature.
Steven Wright

A Harvard Medical School study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to tell a baby's temperature. Plus, it really teaches the baby who's boss.
Tina Fey

The throttles could only move very, very slowly, always watching the temperature, always watching. And even in throttling back, you could bust it, even being very careful.
Adolf Galland

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

The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.
Hermann Hesse

When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written.
Stephen Sondheim

It is God's planet - and he's taking care of it. And I don't believe that anything we do will raise or lower the temperature one point.
Jerry Falwell

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures.
Andy Goldsworthy

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
Larry Wall

Temperature Translations

temperature in Afrikaans is temperatuur
temperature in Dutch is temperatuur
temperature in German is Temperatur
temperature in Italian is febbre, temperatura
temperature in Portuguese is temperatura
temperature in Spanish is temperatura
temperature in Swedish is temperatur

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