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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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Over the weekend, all four nations saw their lowest temperature of autumn so far.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

"The temperature has increased in recent times," Albanese told ABC.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

He later described how there had been a "rise in temperature" and "too much shouting, not enough discourse" in Australia.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

"We were finding a mismatch between the temperature of the tropical Pacific and the impacts," said Becker about the old index.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

“I have a temperature and a cold,” Kennedy announced.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Here, El Niño provides the ingredients of higher ocean temperatures and weaker winds high in the atmosphere, making it easier for storms to gain strength.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

"Our observations confirm that sea-surface temperatures in the central equatorial Pacific have now surpassed levels recorded during previous El Nino events," it said in a statement to AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

It was one of several fires to wreak havoc in the region this week, where powerful downslope Santa Ana winds met with warm temperatures and dried vegetation that was primed to burn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

At very low temperatures, this arrangement produces what physicists call a Fermi sea.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

It was that warmer temperatures all around the world were melting the permafrost in the Arctic, and tiny microbes were feasting on the newly unfrozen plant material in the ground.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz


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