#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: pm#celsius__celsiu
subtype: pm#fahrenheit
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