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• Temperature measurement — using modern scientific thermometers and temperature scales goes back at least as far as the early 18th century, when Gabriel Fahrenheit adapted a thermometer (switching to mercury) and a scale both developed by Ole Christensen Røemer. Fahrenheit …   Wikipedia

• Temperature — This article is about the thermodynamic property. For other uses, see Temperature (disambiguation). A map of global long term monthly average surface air temperatures i …   Wikipedia

• temperature — /tem peuhr euh cheuhr, choor , preuh , peuhr cheuhr, choor /, n. 1. a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. The temperature of two systems is the same when the systems are in thermal… …   Universalium

• Temperature conversion — Kelvin = Celsius (Centigrade) Fahrenheit Rankine Delisle Newton Réaumur Rømer Comparison Comparison of temperature scales ¹ Normal human body temperature is 36.8 °C ±0.7 °C, or 98.2 °F ±1.3 °F. The commonly given value 98.6 °F is simply the exact …   Wikipedia

• Temperature record — For extreme records instead of records as a set of data, see Temperature extremes For instrument derived temperature records, see Instrumental temperature record …   Wikipedia

• Temperature —   Degree of hotness or coldness measured on one of several arbitrary scales based on some observable phenomenon (such as the expansion).   California Energy Comission. Dictionary of Energy Terms …   Energy terms

• Thermodynamic temperature — is the absolute measure of temperature and is one of the principal parameters of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic temperature is an “absolute” scale because it is the measure of the fundamental property underlying temperature: its null or zero point …   Wikipedia

• Degree (temperature) — For other uses, see Degree (disambiguation). The term degree is used in several scales of temperature. The symbol ° is usually used, followed by the initial letter of the unit, for example “°C” for degree(s) Celsius. A degree can be defined as a… …   Wikipedia

• International Temperature Scale of 1990 — The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS 90) is an equipment calibration standard for making measurements on the Kelvin and Celsius temperature scales. ITS–90 is an approximation of the thermodynamic temperature scale that facilitates the …   Wikipedia

• Conversion of units of temperature — This is a compendium of temperature conversion formulæ and comparisons. Contents 1 Kelvin 2 Celsius (Centigrade) 3 Fahrenheit 4 Rankine …   Wikipedia

• Reduced temperature — In thermodynamics, the reduced temperature of a fluid is its actual temperature, divided by its critical temperature:T r = {T over T c}where the actual temperature and critical temperature are expressed in absolute temperature scales (either… …   Wikipedia