temp

/tɛmp/

noun

  1. 1

    Abbreviation of tempore.

noun

  1. 1

    A temporary employee, usually in an office.

  2. 2

    A temporary storage location.

verb

  1. 1

    To work as a temporary employee.

noun

  1. 1

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

    The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.
  2. 2

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

    You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.
  3. 3

    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

  4. 4

    The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.

  5. 5

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.

  2. 2

    Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.

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