high temperature

Thân thiện

The thermometer shows a high temperature today.

Definition

Noun: 1. A condition of elevated thermal energy; the state or quality of being hot: This refers to the physical property of an object or environment having a significant amount of heat energy, often measured in degrees. 2. A high reading on a temperature scale: This refers to a specific numerical value indicating a substantial degree of heat.

Usage

The term "high temperature" is used to describe a measurable state of heat. It is often used in scientific, medical, and general contexts to indicate that something is hot or that the ambient thermal condition is elevated. - It is typically modified by adjectives (e.g., extremely high temperature) or used with prepositions (e.g., at a high temperature). - It can be the subject or object of a sentence.

Examples

• Scientific Context:
  • The experiment must be conducted at a high temperature.
  • High temperature causes the metal to expand.
• Medical/General Context:
  • The patient is suffering from a fever with a high temperature.
  • The weather forecast predicts high temperatures all week.

Advanced Usage

• "To withstand high temperatures": To be resistant to heat without damage.
  • This material can withstand extremely high temperatures.
• "A spike in high temperature": A sudden, sharp increase in heat.
  • The engine failure was due to a sudden spike in high temperature.

Variants and Related Words

• Heat (n): The quality of being hot; warm energy. (Note: "Heat" is the general energy, while "high temperature" is a measurement or state resulting from that energy.)
• Fever (n): A medical condition often characterized by an abnormally high body temperature.
• Hyperthermia (n): A condition where the body temperature is significantly elevated.
• Thermal (adj): Relating to heat.

Synonyms

• Heat
• Hotness
• Warmth (though this often implies a more comfortable, lower degree of heat)

Antonyms

• Low temperature
• Cold
• Chill

Related Phrases

• "Running a high temperature": An idiom meaning to have a fever.
  • She is staying home because she's running a high temperature.
• "High-temperature environment": A phrase describing a place or condition that is consistently hot.
  • Workers in the steel plant operate in a high-temperature environment.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the presence of heat

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hotness
• heat