| slovo | definícia |
temperature
(mass) | temperature
- teplota |
temperature
(encz) | temperature,teplota n: Zdeněk Brož |
temperature
(encz) | temperature,teplotní Zdeněk Brož |
Temperature
(gcide) | Temperature \Tem"per*a*ture\, n. [F. temp['e]rature, L.
temperatura due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.]
1. Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
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The best composition and temperature is, to have
openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit,
dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to
feign, if there be no remedy. --Bacon.
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Memory depends upon the consistence and the
temperature of the brain. --I. Watts.
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2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.]
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In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth,
Most goodly temperature you may descry. --Spenser.
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3. (Physics) 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.
Note: The temperature of a liquid or a solid body as measured
by a thermometer is a measure of the average kinetic
energy of the consituent atoms or molecules of the
body. For other states of matter such as plasma,
electromagnetic radiation, or subatomic particles, an
analogous measure of the average kinetic energy may be
expressed as a temperature, although it could never be
measured by a traditional thermometer, let alone by
sensing with the skin.
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4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.]
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Made a temperature of brass and iron together.
--Holland.
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5. (Physiol. & Med.) 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[deg]-99.5[deg] F., in the mouth of an adult about
98.4[deg]).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Absolute temperature. (Physics) See under Absolute.
Animal temperature (Physiol.), the nearly constant
temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded
(homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source
of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the
food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during
respiration. See Homoiothermal.
Temperature sense (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving
cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of
temperature in external objects. --H. N. Martin.
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temperature
(wn) | temperature
n 1: the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
(corresponding to its molecular activity)
2: the somatic sensation of cold or heat |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
standard temperature and pressure
(msas) | standard temperature and pressure
- s.t.p. |
standard temperature and pressure
(msasasci) | standard temperature and pressure
- s.t.p. |
body temperature
(encz) | body temperature,tělesná teplota n: [bio.] Ivan Masárbody temperature,teplota tělesa n: [fyz.] Ivan Masár |
curie temperature
(encz) | Curie temperature, |
high temperature
(encz) | high temperature, n: |
low temperature
(encz) | low temperature, n: |
room temperature
(encz) | room temperature,pokojová teplota n: Zdeněk Brožroom temperature,teplota místnosti Pavel Cvrček |
standard temperature
(encz) | standard temperature, n: |
temperature change
(encz) | temperature change, n: |
temperature coefficient
(encz) | temperature coefficient,Q 10 teplotní koeficient [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskačtemperature coefficient,teplotní koeficient Q 1 [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
temperature gradient
(encz) | temperature gradient,gradient teploty (vodní hospodářství) [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
temperature reduction
(encz) | temperature reduction, n: |
temperature scale
(encz) | temperature scale, n: |
temperature stratification
(encz) | temperature stratification,teplotní stratifikace [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
temperature test
(encz) | temperature test,teplotní test (mikrobiologie) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
temperature unit
(encz) | temperature unit, n: |
temperatures
(encz) | temperatures,teploty n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
high temperature superconductivity
(czen) | High Temperature Superconductivity,HTS[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
jet propellant 7 (high temperature
(czen) | Jet Propellant 7 (high temperature, low volatility jet fuel,
MIL-T-38219),JP-7[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Absolute temperature
(gcide) | Temperature \Tem"per*a*ture\, n. [F. temp['e]rature, L.
temperatura due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.]
1. Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
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The best composition and temperature is, to have
openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit,
dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to
feign, if there be no remedy. --Bacon.
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Memory depends upon the consistence and the
temperature of the brain. --I. Watts.
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2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.]
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In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth,
Most goodly temperature you may descry. --Spenser.
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3. (Physics) 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.
Note: The temperature of a liquid or a solid body as measured
by a thermometer is a measure of the average kinetic
energy of the consituent atoms or molecules of the
body. For other states of matter such as plasma,
electromagnetic radiation, or subatomic particles, an
analogous measure of the average kinetic energy may be
expressed as a temperature, although it could never be
measured by a traditional thermometer, let alone by
sensing with the skin.
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4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.]
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Made a temperature of brass and iron together.
--Holland.
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5. (Physiol. & Med.) 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[deg]-99.5[deg] F., in the mouth of an adult about
98.4[deg]).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Absolute temperature. (Physics) See under Absolute.
Animal temperature (Physiol.), the nearly constant
temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded
(homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source
of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the
food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during
respiration. See Homoiothermal.
Temperature sense (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving
cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of
temperature in external objects. --H. N. Martin.
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[1913 Webster]Absolute \Ab"so*lute\, a. [L. absolutus, p. p. of absolvere: cf.
F. absolu. See Absolve.]
1. Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled;
unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority,
monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command;
absolute power; an absolute monarch.
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2. Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as,
absolute perfection; absolute beauty.
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So absolute she seems,
And in herself complete. --Milton.
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3. Viewed apart from modifying influences or without
comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to
relative and comparative; as, absolute motion;
absolute time or space.
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Note: Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man
in a state of nature as contradistinguished from
relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him
in his social relations.
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4. Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other
being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
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Note: In this sense God is called the Absolute by the Theist.
The term is also applied by the Pantheist to the
universe, or the total of all existence, as only
capable of relations in its parts to each other and to
the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its
phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their
laws.
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5. Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone;
unconditioned; non-relative.
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Note: It is in dispute among philosopher whether the term, in
this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or
abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined,
can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect.
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To Cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word
and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
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6. Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. [R.]
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I am absolute 't was very Cloten. --Shak.
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7. Authoritative; peremptory. [R.]
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The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head,
With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. --Mrs.
Browning.
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8. (Chem.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
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9. (Gram.) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of
the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See
Ablative absolute, under Ablative.
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Absolute curvature (Geom.), that curvature of a curve of
double curvature, which is measured in the osculating
plane of the curve.
Absolute equation (Astron.), the sum of the optic and
eccentric equations.
Absolute space (Physics), space considered without relation
to material limits or objects.
Absolute terms. (Alg.), such as are known, or which do not
contain the unknown quantity. --Davies & Peck.
Absolute temperature (Physics), the temperature as measured
on a scale determined by certain general thermo-dynamic
principles, and reckoned from the absolute zero.
Absolute zero (Physics), the be ginning, or zero point, in
the scale of absolute temperature. It is equivalent to
-273[deg] centigrade or -459.4[deg] Fahrenheit.
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Syn: Positive; peremptory; certain; unconditional; unlimited;
unrestricted; unqualified; arbitrary; despotic;
autocratic.
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Animal temperature
(gcide) | Temperature \Tem"per*a*ture\, n. [F. temp['e]rature, L.
temperatura due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.]
1. Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
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The best composition and temperature is, to have
openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit,
dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to
feign, if there be no remedy. --Bacon.
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Memory depends upon the consistence and the
temperature of the brain. --I. Watts.
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2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.]
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In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth,
Most goodly temperature you may descry. --Spenser.
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3. (Physics) 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.
Note: The temperature of a liquid or a solid body as measured
by a thermometer is a measure of the average kinetic
energy of the consituent atoms or molecules of the
body. For other states of matter such as plasma,
electromagnetic radiation, or subatomic particles, an
analogous measure of the average kinetic energy may be
expressed as a temperature, although it could never be
measured by a traditional thermometer, let alone by
sensing with the skin.
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4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.]
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Made a temperature of brass and iron together.
--Holland.
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5. (Physiol. & Med.) 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[deg]-99.5[deg] F., in the mouth of an adult about
98.4[deg]).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Absolute temperature. (Physics) See under Absolute.
Animal temperature (Physiol.), the nearly constant
temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded
(homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source
of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the
food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during
respiration. See Homoiothermal.
Temperature sense (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving
cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of
temperature in external objects. --H. N. Martin.
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Contemperature
(gcide) | Contemperature \Con*tem"per*a*ture\
(k[o^]n*t[e^]m"p[~e]r*[.a]*t[-u]r; 135), n.
The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture;
temperature. [Obs.]
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The different contemperature of the elements. --South.
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critical temperature
(gcide) | critical temperature \crit"ic*al tem"per*a*ture\ (Physics),
A certain temperature, different for different gases, but
always the same for each gas, regarded as the temperature
above which no amount of pressure can produce condensation to
a liquid; the temperature above which a gas cannot be
liquified.
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Distemperature
(gcide) | Distemperature \Dis*tem"per*a*ture\ (?; 135), n.
1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold,
or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air.
[Obs.]
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2. Disorder; confusion. --Shak.
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3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.
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A huge infectious troop
Of pale distemperatures and foes to life. --Shak.
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4. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.
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Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his
distemperature. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Intemperature
(gcide) | Intemperature \In*tem"per*a*ture\ (?; 135), n. [Cf. OF.
intemperature.]
Intemperateness. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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Specific heat of a substance at any temperature
(gcide) | Heat \Heat\ (h[=e]t), n. [OE. hete, h[ae]te, AS. h[=ae]tu,
h[=ae]to, fr. h[=a]t hot; akin to OHG. heizi heat, Dan. hede,
Sw. hetta. See Hot.]
1. A force in nature which is recognized in various effects,
but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation,
and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays,
mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes
directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its
nature heat is a mode of motion, being in general a form
of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly
supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was
given the name caloric.
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Note: As affecting the human body, heat produces different
sensations, which are called by different names, as
heat or sensible heat, warmth, cold, etc., according to
its degree or amount relatively to the normal
temperature of the body.
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2. The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat
when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human
body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire,
the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold.
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3. High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature,
or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter;
heat of the skin or body in fever, etc.
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Else how had the world . . .
Avoided pinching cold and scorching heat! --Milton.
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4. Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or
color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness;
high color; flush; degree of temperature to which
something is heated, as indicated by appearance,
condition, or otherwise.
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It has raised . . . heats in their faces. --Addison.
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The heats smiths take of their iron are a blood-red
heat, a white-flame heat, and a sparkling or welding
heat. --Moxon.
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5. A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or
in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number
of heats.
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6. A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single
course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as,
he won two heats out of three.
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Many causes . . . for refreshment betwixt the heats.
--Dryden.
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[He] struck off at one heat the matchless tale of
"Tam o' Shanter." --J. C.
Shairp.
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7. Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle
or party. "The heat of their division." --Shak.
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8. Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement;
exasperation. "The heat and hurry of his rage." --South.
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9. Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency; as, in the
heat of argument.
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With all the strength and heat of eloquence.
--Addison.
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10. (Zool.) Sexual excitement in animals; readiness for
sexual activity; estrus or rut.
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11. Fermentation.
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12. Strong psychological pressure, as in a police
investigation; as, when they turned up the heat, he took
it on the lam. [slang]
[PJC]
Animal heat, Blood heat, Capacity for heat, etc. See
under Animal, Blood, etc.
Atomic heat (Chem.), the product obtained by multiplying
the atomic weight of any element by its specific heat. The
atomic heat of all solid elements is nearly a constant,
the mean value being 6.4.
Dynamical theory of heat, that theory of heat which assumes
it to be, not a peculiar kind of matter, but a peculiar
motion of the ultimate particles of matter.
Heat engine, any apparatus by which a heated substance, as
a heated fluid, is made to perform work by giving motion
to mechanism, as a hot-air engine, or a steam engine.
Heat producers. (Physiol.) See under Food.
Heat rays, a term formerly applied to the rays near the red
end of the spectrum, whether within or beyond the visible
spectrum.
Heat weight (Mech.), the product of any quantity of heat by
the mechanical equivalent of heat divided by the absolute
temperature; -- called also thermodynamic function, and
entropy.
Mechanical equivalent of heat. See under Equivalent.
Specific heat of a substance (at any temperature), the
number of units of heat required to raise the temperature
of a unit mass of the substance at that temperature one
degree.
Unit of heat, the quantity of heat required to raise, by
one degree, the temperature of a unit mass of water,
initially at a certain standard temperature. The
temperature usually employed is that of 0[deg] Centigrade,
or 32[deg] Fahrenheit.
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Temperature
(gcide) | Temperature \Tem"per*a*ture\, n. [F. temp['e]rature, L.
temperatura due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.]
1. Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
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The best composition and temperature is, to have
openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit,
dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to
feign, if there be no remedy. --Bacon.
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Memory depends upon the consistence and the
temperature of the brain. --I. Watts.
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2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.]
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In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth,
Most goodly temperature you may descry. --Spenser.
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3. (Physics) 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.
Note: The temperature of a liquid or a solid body as measured
by a thermometer is a measure of the average kinetic
energy of the consituent atoms or molecules of the
body. For other states of matter such as plasma,
electromagnetic radiation, or subatomic particles, an
analogous measure of the average kinetic energy may be
expressed as a temperature, although it could never be
measured by a traditional thermometer, let alone by
sensing with the skin.
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4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.]
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Made a temperature of brass and iron together.
--Holland.
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5. (Physiol. & Med.) 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[deg]-99.5[deg] F., in the mouth of an adult about
98.4[deg]).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Absolute temperature. (Physics) See under Absolute.
Animal temperature (Physiol.), the nearly constant
temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded
(homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source
of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the
food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during
respiration. See Homoiothermal.
Temperature sense (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving
cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of
temperature in external objects. --H. N. Martin.
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Temperature sense
(gcide) | Temperature \Tem"per*a*ture\, n. [F. temp['e]rature, L.
temperatura due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.]
1. Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
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The best composition and temperature is, to have
openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit,
dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to
feign, if there be no remedy. --Bacon.
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Memory depends upon the consistence and the
temperature of the brain. --I. Watts.
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2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.]
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In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth,
Most goodly temperature you may descry. --Spenser.
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3. (Physics) 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.
Note: The temperature of a liquid or a solid body as measured
by a thermometer is a measure of the average kinetic
energy of the consituent atoms or molecules of the
body. For other states of matter such as plasma,
electromagnetic radiation, or subatomic particles, an
analogous measure of the average kinetic energy may be
expressed as a temperature, although it could never be
measured by a traditional thermometer, let alone by
sensing with the skin.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.]
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Made a temperature of brass and iron together.
--Holland.
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5. (Physiol. & Med.) 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[deg]-99.5[deg] F., in the mouth of an adult about
98.4[deg]).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Absolute temperature. (Physics) See under Absolute.
Animal temperature (Physiol.), the nearly constant
temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded
(homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source
of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the
food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during
respiration. See Homoiothermal.
Temperature sense (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving
cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of
temperature in external objects. --H. N. Martin.
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absolute temperature
(wn) | absolute temperature
n 1: temperature measured on the absolute scale |
basal body temperature
(wn) | basal body temperature
n 1: body temperature in the morning before rising or moving
about or eating anything [syn: basal body temperature,
basal temperature] |
basal body temperature method
(wn) | basal body temperature method
n 1: natural family planning in which the fertile period of the
woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in
basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation
[syn: basal body temperature method of family planning,
basal body temperature method] |
basal body temperature method of family planning
(wn) | basal body temperature method of family planning
n 1: natural family planning in which the fertile period of the
woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in
basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation
[syn: basal body temperature method of family planning,
basal body temperature method] |
basal temperature
(wn) | basal temperature
n 1: body temperature in the morning before rising or moving
about or eating anything [syn: basal body temperature,
basal temperature] |
body temperature
(wn) | body temperature
n 1: 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 [syn: body temperature, blood heat] |
curie temperature
(wn) | Curie temperature
n 1: the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses
its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic [syn: {Curie
temperature}, Curie point] |
high temperature
(wn) | high temperature
n 1: the presence of heat [syn: hotness, heat, {high
temperature}] [ant: cold, coldness, frigidity,
frigidness, low temperature] |
low temperature
(wn) | low temperature
n 1: the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath
visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a
vasoconstrictor" [syn: coldness, cold, {low
temperature}, frigidity, frigidness] [ant: heat,
high temperature, hotness] |
room temperature
(wn) | room temperature
n 1: the normal temperature of room in which people live |
standard temperature
(wn) | standard temperature
n 1: exactly zero degrees centigrade |
temperature change
(wn) | temperature change
n 1: a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or
medium) changes |
temperature gradient
(wn) | temperature gradient
n 1: change in temperature as a function of distance (especially
altitude) |
temperature reduction
(wn) | temperature reduction
n 1: the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn:
cooling, chilling, temperature reduction] |
temperature scale
(wn) | temperature scale
n 1: a system of measuring temperature |
temperature unit
(wn) | temperature unit
n 1: a unit of measurement for temperature |
room-temperature iq
(foldoc) | room-temperature IQ
(IBM) 80 or below. Used in describing the expected
intelligence range of the luser. "Well, but how's this
interface going to play with the room-temperature IQ crowd?"
This is a much more insulting phrase in countries that use
Celsius thermometers.
See drool-proof paper.
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room-temperature iq
(jargon) | room-temperature IQ
quant.
[IBM] 80 or below (nominal room temperature is 72 degrees Fahrenheit, 22
degrees Celsius). Used in describing the expected intelligence range of the
luser. “Well, but how's this interface going to play with the
room-temperature IQ crowd?” See drool-proof paper. This is a much more
insulting phrase in countries that use Celsius thermometers.
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