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temp

/tɛmp/

noun

Meaning

  • Abbreviation of tempore.

noun

Meaning

  • A temporary employee, usually in an office.

  • A temporary storage location.

verb

Meaning

  • To work as a temporary employee.

noun

Meaning

  • A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.

    "The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold."

  • An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.

    "You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick."

  • A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents. http//arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055

  • The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.

  • The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.

adjective

Meaning

  • Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.

  • Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.