Temperature - English meaning

Temperature – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
Usage examples:
At a temperature of 2°c

noun
The action of inverting something or the state of being inverted.
Usage examples:
The inversion of the normal domestic arrangement
Synonims:
Reversal Transposition Turning about Turning upside down Reverse Contrary Antithesis Converse Transposal Contrareity Antipode
noun
A reversal of the normal decrease of air temperature with altitude, or of water temperature with depth.
noun
The process of finding a quantity, function, etc. from a given one such that the product of the two under a particular operation is the identity.
noun
The action or practice of relocating a multinational company's legal residence to a jurisdiction where taxes are levied at a lower rate.
Usage examples:
Since the company maintains a franchisee model, it is a viable target for inversion
noun
Homosexuality.

noun
The measured amount of heat in a place or in the body
Usage examples:
[ c ] temperatures should reach the 50s today., [ u ] an increase in temperature is normal., [ c ] …

Temperature translation into English

Temperature: translate from English into Chinese

温度, 温, 热, 热度, 发烧

Temperature: translate from English into Dutch

Temperatuur-, Temperatuur, Warmtegraad

Temperature: translate from English into French

Température

Temperature: translate from English into German

Temperatur, Fieber, Thermometerstand

Temperature: translate from English into Hindi

तापमान, तापक्रम, टेंपेरेचर, ऊंचा तापक्रम

Temperature: translate from English into Italian

Temperatura, Febbre

Temperature: translate from English into Korean

온도, 체온

Temperature: translate from English into Russian

Температура, Температурный, Повышенная температура, Степень нагрева

Temperature: translate from English into Spanish

La temperatura, Temperatura, Fiebre, Calentura

Word origin

mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric, denoting the turning of an argument against the person who put it forward): from Latin inversio(n- ), from the verb invertere (see invert1).

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Temperature – similar words

temperatures

noun
The degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
Usage examples:
At a temperature of 2°c

noun
The measured amount of heat in a place or in the body
Usage examples:
[ c ] temperatures should reach the 50s today., [ u ] an increase in temperature is normal., [ c ] …

Temperatures - all meanings in English

Temperature synonims

antipode

noun
The direct opposite of something.
Usage examples:
The pole and its antipode

Antipode - all meanings in English

antithesis

noun
A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
Usage examples:
Love is the antithesis of selfishness

Antithesis - all meanings in English

contrary

adjective
Opposite in nature, direction, or meaning.
Usage examples:
He ignored contrary advice and agreed on the deal

noun
The opposite.
Usage examples:
An act applies only to the united kingdom unless the contrary is expressed

noun
A fact or opinion that is the opposite of one already stated
Usage examples:
We expected the play to be a bore, but the contrary was true., most people supported the proposal, …

Contrary - all meanings in English

converse

verb
Engage in conversation.
Usage examples:
She was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother

noun
Conversation.
Usage examples:
His converse at such seasons was always elevating

adjective
Having characteristics which are the reverse of something else already mentioned.
Usage examples:
The only mode of change will be the slow process of growth and the converse process of decay

Converse - all meanings in English

reversal

noun
A change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action.
Usage examples:
A dramatic reversal in population decline in the alps

Reversal - all meanings in English

reverse

verb
Move backwards.
Usage examples:
The lorry reversed into the back of a bus

adjective
Going in or turned towards the direction opposite to that previously stated.
Usage examples:
The trend appears to be going in the reverse direction

noun
A complete change of direction or action.
Usage examples:
The gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis

Reverse - all meanings in English

transposition

noun
The action of transposing something.
Usage examples:
Transposition of word order

noun
The act or process of changing something from one position to another, or of exchanging the positions of two things
Usage examples:
In accounting, an error in copying a number from one place to another is a transposition error., so…

Transposition - all meanings in English

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