Definition of Temperature
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
The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.
Hermann Hesse
Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
Corrie Ten Boom
When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written.
Stephen Sondheim
Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
Wislawa Szymborska
You can see these boxes which are covered with metal foils for thermal reasons, and they are also, most of the time, thermally controlled inside to keep reasonable temperature inside each of these containers.
Claude Nicollier
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
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
My table is now brightly, now dimly lighted. Its temperature varies. It may receive an ink stain. One of its legs may be broken. It may be repaired, polished, and replaced part by part. But, for me, it remains the table at which I daily write.
Ernst Mach
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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