I have a temperature
Synonym of I have a fever.
temperature
UK /ˈtɛmp(ə)ɹət͡ʃə(ɹ)/ US /ˈtɛm.pəɹˌt͡ʃɚ/
noun 5
Definitions
noun
1
A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
The boiling temperature of pure water is 100 degrees Celsius.
The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.
2
An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.
You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.
"Aren't you feeling so well this morning?" she asked him anxiously. "Do you think you've got a temperature?"
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.
In consequence, macroscopic amounts of matter in thermal contact with one another tend to be at the same temperature, a fact of sufficient fundamental importance to merit belated designation as the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics.
4
A parameter that controls the degree of randomness of the output.
5
The general mood.
But it is both easier and more accurate to take the industry's true temperature at small private gatherings like a conference organized by the Ziff Davis publishing company in northern California last week.
[Stephen] Miller's words did not seem designed to lower the temperature.
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