HOW TO PRONOUNCE
temperature
/ˈtɛmpɹətʃɚ/
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Stress TEMP.
Three- and four-syllable versions occur. Both end with ch and an r-colored vowel.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
Also listed with 4 syllables.
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“The temperature dropped overnight.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does temperature mean?
noun
- A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
- An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.
- A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A parameter that controls the degree of randomness of the output.
- (figuratively) The general mood.
- (obsolete) The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
- (archaic) The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtɛmpɹətʃɚ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈtɛm.pɚ.(ə)ˌt͡ʃɚ//ˈtɛm.p(ɹ)əˌt͡ʃɚ/
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During this period of the voyage, Captain Nemo made some interesting experiments on the varied temperature of the sea, in different beds.
In summer, on cloudy and stormy days, mercurial vapors rise more readily and quickly than in the temperature of autumn or winter.
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Our distinguished countryman, Sir F. Chantrey, has very recently exposed himself to a temperature still higher than any which we have mentioned.
As radiation is arrested to a marked degree by the clouds and atmosphere the temperature is very humid as well as hot.
Digitalis has been frequently observed to produce dizziness, fainting, disturbances of vision, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness of the pulse, and depression of temperature.