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TEMPERATURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("temperature" is a kind of...):
physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
fundamental measure; fundamental quantity (one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement)
Attribute:
hot (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)
cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
warm (having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat)
cool (neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "temperature"):
absolute temperature (temperature measured on the absolute scale)
absolute zero ((cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal); 0 Kelvin or -273.15 centigrade or -459.67 Fahrenheit)
Curie point; Curie temperature (the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic)
dew point (the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins)
flash point; flashpoint (the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air)
freezing point; melting point (the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid)
boil; boiling point (the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level)
mercury (temperature measured by a mercury thermometer)
room temperature (the normal temperature of room in which people live)
simmer (temperature just below the boiling point)
blood heat; body temperature (temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health)
cold; coldness; frigidity; frigidness; low temperature (the absence of heat)
heat; high temperature; hotness (the presence of heat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The somatic sensation of cold or heat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("temperature" is a kind of...):
somaesthesia; somatesthesia; somatic sensation; somesthesia (the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "temperature"):
heat; warmth (the sensation caused by heat energy)
cold; coldness (the sensation produced by low temperatures)
comfort zone (the temperature range (between 28 and 30 degrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweating)
Context examples:
During June, the average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.58°F (0.88°C) above the 20th century average.
(June 2015 was warmest June on record for the globe, NOAA)
An ecological theory that proposes there is an inverse relationship between environmental temperature and an organism's body size.
(Bergmann's Rule, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
As temperatures around the world slowly climb, melt waters from these vast stores of ice add to rising sea levels.
(The Hidden Meltdown of Greenland, NASA)
Supermassive black holes draw gas and matter into a disk around them, heating the disk to roaring temperatures of millions of degrees and blasting out high-energy, visible, ultraviolet and X-ray light.
(The Most Luminous Galaxy in Universe, NASA)
A sterilization process that uses moist air at high temperatures to kill microorganisms.
(Moist Heat or Steam Sterilization, Food and Drug Administration)
Issue associated with the device producing unintended temperatures (for issues related to environmental/ambient temperatures refer to code C63307).
(Medical Device Temperature Issue, Food and Drug Administration)
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius.
(Calorie per Gram, NCI Thesaurus)
Preservation of cells or genetic vectors by storage at low temperatures.
(Cell or Vector Cryopreservation, NCI Thesaurus)
The temperature at which a crystaline solid changes state from solid to liquid.
(Melting Point, NCI Thesaurus)
The moist air is typically applied at increased atmospheric pressure and the process is restricted to objects that can withstand high temperature and pressure.
(Moist Heat or Steam Sterilization, NCI Thesaurus)
