temperature

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.