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Antonyms for temperatures

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tem-per-uh-cher, -choo r, -pruh-, -per-cher, -choo r
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛm pər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, -prə-, -pər tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər

Definition of temperatures

Origin :
  • 1530s, "fact of being tempered," also "character or nature of a substance," from Latin temperatura "a tempering, moderation," from temperatus, past participle of temperare "to moderate" (see temper (v.)). Sense of "degree of heat or cold" first recorded 1670 (Boyle), from Latin temperatura, used in this sense by Galileo. Meaning "fever, high temperature" is attested from 1898.
  • noun hotness, coldness of some degree
Example sentences :
  • Readings taken at other temperatures should be converted to 80°.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • When the temperatures of the two junctions are the same, the system is in equilibrium.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • Roughly speaking, grape buds start at temperatures from 50 to 60 F.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • The temperatures and pressures at which such change can be effected.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 » by Various
  • Midday temperatures are seasonable, and nights are always cool.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the National Parks » by Robert Sterling Yard
  • A cryotron functions only at temperatures near absolute zero.
  • Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • As with temperatures, so with flavors; as with cold and heat, so with sour and sweet.
  • Extract from : « Excursions and Poems » by Henry David Thoreau
  • A table provides the necessary corrections for other temperatures.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2 » by Various
  • If water at the two temperatures are in a tank, where will each be found?
  • Extract from : « Physics » by Willis Eugene Tower
  • The dog evidently follows him in all altitudes and at all temperatures.
  • Extract from : « Mars and its Mystery » by Edward Sylvester Morse

Synonyms for temperatures

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