(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of temper

plural of body temperature

(meteorology) An atmospheric condition in which a cooler layer of air lies below a warmer layer of air that functions as a "ceiling" for the cooler layer, interfering with normal atmospheric circulation and trapping pollutants.

Characterised or marked by a temper; bad-tempered; temperamental; hotheaded; moody

(euphemistic) A disposition towards obsession and extremes of emotion, especially depression and anger.

(physics) The temperature at the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.

The temperature a parcel of air would have if brought adiabatically to a standard reference pressure

The temperature a parcel of air at a specific temperature would have if raised from a specific pressure level to zero millibars, had all moisture condensed from it, and then lowered to 1000 millibars.

The temperature that a dry parcel of air would need in order to have the same density as a parcel of a specific temperature and humidity.

The approximate surface air temperature which must be reached for surface-based convection to initiate