ambient temperature
Environmental heat level
Ambient temperature is the temperature of the surrounding environment—the air in a room, the outdoor atmosphere, or whatever medium surrounds an object or system.
The term appears most often in technical contexts: Store at ambient temperature, The device operates between 0 and 40 degrees Celsius ambient temperature.
Unlike body temperature or the temperature inside an oven, ambient temperature refers to the background conditions something exists within.
- FahrenheitScale freezing at thirty-two
- air pressureAtmospheric weight per area
- thermometerHeat-measuring instrument
- feels likeSubjective perception of similarity
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
thermoregulation · heat stress · Celsius · HVAC systems · air conditioning · building insulation · weather station · meteorology · data logger · storage conditions · wind speed · seasonal variation · Kelvin · vasodilation · energy efficiency · metabolic rate · muggy · heat wave
- temperaturehot, cold, warm, cool, freezing
- Temperature Termsheatwave, heat wave, cold snap, air temp, warming
- warehouse conditionshumidity, ventilation, lighting, dust, cleanliness
- Heat & Temperaturethermometer, degree, Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin
- warmthwarm, cozy, snug, toasty, fireplace
- combustionburning, flames, fire triangle, ignition source, oxygen
ambient temperaturerefrigerated
Kept cold mechanically
heated · climate-controlled · chilled · frozen · air-conditioned
ambient temperatureextreme heat
Severe high temperature
extreme cold · sub-zero · scorching · freezing · boiling