noun
temperature
TEM-pruh-chur/ˈtemprətʃər/
How hot or cold something is.
The thermometer compares temperature beside steaming water and a glass of ice.
Etymology
Originally, temperature concerned proper proportion or blending. It then described a substance’s character in terms of qualities such as hot and cold, before becoming the scientific measure of heat or cold.
In context
picture a nice big air conditioned room where the temperature is kept around 70° all year through not too hot not too cold
More examples
- A thermometer measures your body temperature.
- Set the oven temperature to 350 degrees.
- Nighttime temperatures often fall below freezing here.
Forms
temperature · temperatures