temperature

Everyday

1. Temperature tells how hot or cold something is. We measure it in degrees with a thermometer. tree →
2. Your body temperature is how warm your body is; normal is about 37 degrees Celsius. tree →
3. To have a temperature (or run a temperature) means to have a fever. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: a measure in degrees that rises or falls; differences between temperatures; reading thermometers and line graphs; negative numbers below zero. Science: water freezes at 0 °C and boils at 100 °C; Celsius and Fahrenheit scales. Everyday: weather forecasts, cooking temperature, taking your temperature when ill.

Examples

• The temperature was 15 degrees in the morning. tree →
• It rose by 8 degrees by noon. tree →
• At night the temperature fell 10 degrees. tree →
• How much warmer is it now? tree →
• Water freezes at a temperature of 0 °C. tree →
• The nurse took my temperature. tree →
• Bake the cake at a temperature of 180 degrees. tree →
• The temperature in the Arctic can drop to −40 degrees. tree →

Note

Countable: a temperature, temperatures. Rises add and falls subtract; «how much warmer» asks for a difference. Trap: temperatures can go below zero (from −3 to 5 is a rise of 8). Trap: Celsius and Fahrenheit are different scales (water freezes at 32 °F). «Temperature» has four syllables: tem-pra-ture is a common way to say it.

In Jewish tradition

Maths: a measure in degrees that rises or falls; differences between temperatures; reading thermometers and line graphs; negative numbers below zero. Science: water freezes at 0 °C and boils at 100 °C; Celsius and Fahrenheit scales. Everyday: weather forecasts, cooking temperature, taking your temperature when ill.

Examples

• 42) The meaning is, as God is the centre of the Universe, so have the macrocosm, the seasons and temperature and the microcosm, their centres receiving power from the principal centre to regulate and rule. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

Countable: a temperature, temperatures. Rises add and falls subtract; «how much warmer» asks for a difference. Trap: temperatures can go below zero (from −3 to 5 is a rise of 8). Trap: Celsius and Fahrenheit are different scales (water freezes at 32 °F). «Temperature» has four syllables: tem-pra-ture is a common way to say it.