#temperature  the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
  supertype:  fundamental_quantity  physical_property
  subtype:  absolute_temperature  temperature measured on the absolute scale (the International Practical Scale of Temperature)
  subtype:  absolute_zero  (cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal); 0 Kelvin or -273.15 Centigrade or -459.67 Fahrenheit
  subtype:  Curie_temperature__Curie_point  the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism
  subtype:  dew_point__dewpoint  the temperature at which condensation begins
  subtype:  flash_point__flashpoint  the lowest temperature at which the vapor above a liquid can be ignited in air
  subtype:  freezing_point__melting_point__meltingpoint  the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid
  subtype:  boil__boiling_point__boilingpoint  the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level: "the brought to water to a boil"
  subtype:  mercury  temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was falling rapidly"
  subtype:  room_temperature  the normal temperature of room in which people live
  subtype:  simmer  temperature just below the boiling point: "the stew remained at a simmer for hours"
  subtype:  body_temperature__blood_heat__bloodheat  temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
     subtype:  basal_body_temperature  body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything
  subtype:  low_temperature__coldness__cold  the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
     subtype:  iciness__icines__gelidity  coldness due to a cold environment
     subtype:  chilliness__coolness  the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of early morning"
     subtype:  frostiness  coldness as evidenced by frost
     subtype:  cool  the quality of being cool: "the cool of early morning"
  subtype:  hotness__heat__high_temperature  the presence of heat
     subtype:  calefaction__incalescence  the property of being warming
     subtype:  fieriness__fierines__redheat  the heat of fire
     subtype:  torridity  extreme heat
     subtype:  warmness__warmth  the quality of having a moderate degree of heat: "an agreeable warmth in the house"
        subtype:  tepidity__lukewarmness__tepidness__tepidnes  a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin
     subtype:  white_heat__whiteheat  the hotness of something heated until it turns white
  subtype:  temperature_unit__temperatureunit  a unit of measurement for temperature
     subtype:  degree.temperature_unit  a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
        subtype:  degree_Centigrade__degree_Celsius__C  a degree on the Centigrade scale of temperature
           subtype:  standard_temperature  exactly zero degrees Centigrade
              subtype:  STP__s.t.p.  standard temperature and pressure
        subtype:  degree_Fahrenheit__F  a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
     subtype:  millidegree  a unit of temperature equal to one-thousandth of a degree
     subtype:  kelvin__K  the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the System International d'Unites
     subtype:  Rankine  a unit of temperature on the Rankine scale
     subtype:  degree_day  a unit used in estimating fuel requirements for heating a building
     subtype:  celsius__celsiu
     subtype:  fahrenheit

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