Etymology
Borrowed from Latin temperatura (cf. also French température), from the past participle stem of tempero (I temper).
Noun
temperature (countable and uncountable, plural temperatures)
- A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
- An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.
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