temperature

temperatura

La misura di quanto qualcosa è caldo o freddo.

In inglese semplice: How hot or cold something is.

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

Come si usa: the temperature of something (Check the temperature of the water first.)

Espressioni comuni: room temperature, high temperature, temperature of something

febbre

Temperatura del corpo più alta del normale, solitamente a causa di una malattia.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Sinonimi: fever

Espressioni comuni: have a temperature, run a temperature, high temperature

temperatura

Una grandezza fisica legata all'energia delle particelle in movimento in una sostanza.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Espressioni comuni: absolute temperature, thermodynamic temperature, temperature of something