Temperature
Of physical property and fundamental quantity.
The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity).
This concept's ID is @1~27500
Contains
- heat
The presence of heat.
- coldness
The absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"...
- body temperature
Temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to...
- dew point
The temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation...
- absolute zero
(cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic...
- absolute temperature
Temperature measured on the absolute scale.
- Curie temperature
The temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism...
- flash point
The lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in...
- freezing point
The temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid.
- boiling point
The temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "they brought the water to a...
- mercury
Temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was falling rapidly".
- room temperature
The normal temperature of room in which people live.
- simmer
Temperature just below the boiling point; "the stew remained at a simmer for hours".