noun mixture; compound.
2. temperature ·noun freedom from passion; moderation.
3. temperature ·noun constitution; state; degree of any quality.
4. temperature ·add. ·noun the degree of heat of the body of a living being, ·esp. of the human body; also (colloq.), loosely, the excess of this over the normal (of the human body 98°-99.5° f., in the mouth of an adult about 98.4°).
5. temperature ·noun condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling.