English-Greek translations for temperature

• θερμοκρασία
  Παρακαλώ τη διοίκηση να φροντίσει να επικρατεί θερμοκρασία που να μας επιτρέπει να εργαζόμαστε. I ask the administration to ensure that we have a decent temperature in which to work.
• πυρετός

Definition of temperature

• A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer
• An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses
• 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. [http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055]
• The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament

Examples

• The boiling temperature of pure water is 100 degrees Celsius.
• The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.
• You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.

Related words

• room-temperature
• temperature coefficient
• temperature inversion
• temperature coefficient of reactivity
• temperature swing adsorption
• temperature feeler
• temperature lag
• absolute temperature
• room temperature