temperature
temperature (tĕmʹpər-ə-chr, -chər, tĕmʹprə-) noun
Abbr. T, temp.
1. a. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or an environment. b. A specific degree of hotness or coldness as indicated on or referred to a standard scale.
2. a. The degree of heat in the body of a living organism, usually about 37.0C (98.6F) in human beings. b. An abnormally high condition of body heat caused by illness; a fever.
[Middle English, temperate weather, from Latin temperātūra, due measure, from temperātus past participle of temperāre, to mix. See temper.]