tem'perature

[L. temperatura; temp or are, to moderate.] The sensible heat of any substance. ab's olute temperature measured from the absolute* zero, crit'ical t., the temperature of a gas below which it is po ible by great pre ure to reduce it to liquid form, mean t., the average atmospheric t. in any locality for a designated period of time, as a month or a year, normal t., the temperature of the animal body in health; that of man is 98.6° F. (37° C); that of the monkey a little higher; of the horse about 100.4° F. (38° C); of the rabbit, 100.8° to 102° F. (38.2° to 39° C); of the guinea-pig» 101.3° to 103.1° F. (38.5° to 39.5° C); of the dog, 100.8° to 103.1° P. (38.2° to 39.5° C). op'timum t., the temperature at which any operation, such as the culture of any special microorganism, is best carried on. room t., the ordinary temperature (65°-8o° F.) of the atmosphere in the laboratory; a culture kept at room t. is one kept in the laboratory, not in an incubator, sen's ible t., the atmospheric temperature as felt by the individual, supposed to be that recorded by the wet-bulb thermometer.