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.