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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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They’re also implanting devices known as biologgers into deer and mountain lions to monitor physiological data including body temperature, heart rate and fat reserves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

It reduces the temperature needed to melt the material while also changing how metal atoms connect with surrounding molecules.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

The team cited charts illustrating that temperature anomalies lead world food prices by about 12 months.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

It comes after supermarkets in countries including Ireland, Sweden, Estonia, and Belgium reported fridges being hiked in temperature on Monday.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Believers in the room worriedly asked the spirits if the room was the right temperature for manifestations.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The cold temperatures of winter initially may have slowed the spread of infection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Both of them started to turn black and swell in the freezing temperatures, signs that the tissue was dying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Falling temperatures and slower winds trap pollutants close to the ground instead of allowing them to disperse.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The winds will bring warm temperatures, with forecasts calling for “widespread upper 70s and 80s,” Thompson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

They made the glass from a mixture of beechwood ash and washed sand that was melted at high temperatures.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay


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