temperature

noun

A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.

An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.

(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.

(machine learning) A parameter that controls the degree of randomness of the output.

(figurative, colloquial) The general mood.

(obsolete) The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.

(now rare, archaic) The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.

Roots

temperotemper- · Latin · mix, moderate

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