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The word temperature traces back to a Latin root meaning what?

temperature

[tem-per-uh-cher, -choor, -pruh-, -per-cher] / ˈtɛm pər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, -prə-, -pər tʃər /


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Investigators will rely on data from the aircraft’s black boxes to account for other relevant factors, including wind speed and outside temperature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

As this wave makes it way over the Pacific, it suppresses the cold water that usually comes up from the deep ocean, making the surface temperature higher.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The highest temperature recorded in the month was 28.6C in Northolt, London on 6 September.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Unlike an ordinary phase transition such as water becoming steam, this transition is not caused by temperature.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Danny wasn’t sure if it was the way the temperature dropped or if it was the wailing sound of the shadows, but he could hear them before he saw them.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

This year, temperature records have already been broken in a key region of the central-eastern Pacific, with daily sea surface temperatures now exceeding the previous record set during the very strong El Niño of 2015.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

With a severe El Nino forecast to send temperatures soaring over summer, scientists hope the rebound is not short lived.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The medical staff recommended breathwork and stretching sessions, along with contrast therapy, alternating between freezing-cold temperatures and heat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Southern California has had a particularly swampy summer, thanks to tropical storm remnants and unusually warm ocean temperatures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Stuck on the second floor, Elizebeth sweltered in hundred-degree temperatures.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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