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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Temperature
Subjects in this Topic:
(1):
(n.) Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
(2):
(n.) Freedom from passion; moderation.
(3):
(n.) 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).
(4):
(n.) Mixture; compound.
(5):
(n.) 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.