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temp

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/tɛmp/ English

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noun

  1. Abbreviation of tempore.

noun

  1. A temporary employee, usually in an office.
  2. A temporary storage location.

verb

  1. To work as a temporary employee.

noun

  1. 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.”
  2. 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.”
  3. 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
  4. The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.

adjective

  1. Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
  2. Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.

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