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Meaning of temp

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temp

Pronunciation:/tɛmp/

noun

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of tempore.

noun

Definitions

  1. A temporary employee, usually in an office.

  2. A temporary storage location.

verb

Definitions

  1. To work as a temporary employee.

noun

Definitions

  1. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.

    Example: 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.

    Example: 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

Definitions

  1. Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.

  2. Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.