Phonetics:
/ˈtɛmp(ə)ɹətʃə(ɹ)/
Meanings:
noun
Definition: A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
Example: The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.
Definition: An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.
Example: You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.
Definition: 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
Definition: The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
Definition: The balance of humours in the body, or one’s character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.