temperature

Definitions

• A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
• An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.
• (thermodynamics) A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents.
• (obsolete) The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
• (now) The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.