Temperature

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Mixture; compound.

II. Temperature ·noun Freedom from passion; moderation.

III. Temperature ·noun Constitution; state; degree of any quality.

IV. Temperature ·add. ·noun 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°-99.5° F., in the mouth of an adult about 98.4°).

V. Temperature ·noun 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.