temperature

temperatura

La medida de lo caliente o frío que está algo.

En inglés sencillo: How hot or cold something is.

• The temperature is twenty degrees.
• Keep the milk at a low temperature.
• Temperatures fell sharply during the night.

Cómo se usa: the temperature of something (Check the temperature of the water first.)

Expresiones frecuentes: room temperature, high temperature, temperature of something

fiebre

Temperatura del cuerpo más alta de lo normal, generalmente por una enfermedad.

En inglés sencillo: A body heat level that is higher than normal, usually because you are ill.

• The baby has a temperature.
• I stayed home because I was running a temperature.
• Has your temperature gone down yet?

Sinónimos: fever

Expresiones frecuentes: have a temperature, run a temperature, high temperature

temperatura

Magnitud física relacionada con la energía de las partículas que se mueven dentro de una sustancia.

En inglés sencillo: A physical measure related to how much energy the moving particles in a substance have.

• Temperature is measured in kelvin.
• The experiment linked temperature to the motion of molecules.
• Two systems in thermal equilibrium have the same temperature.

Cómo se usa: the temperature of something (The temperature of the gas increased as its particles gained energy.)

Expresiones frecuentes: absolute temperature, thermodynamic temperature, temperature of something