high temperature

Scorching weather reading

High temperature describes heat that is elevated relative to some norm or threshold.

In weather, it means the warmest point of the day: Tomorrow's high temperature will reach 95 degrees.

In medicine, high temperature is a fever: The child had a high temperature and was kept home from school.

In physics and engineering, high temperatures involve heat intense enough to affect material properties or chemical reactions.

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  • pyrexiaElevated body temperature
  • heatwaveProlonged abnormally high temperatures
  • blazingBurning very brightly
  • feverElevated body temperature
  • furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure

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thermal degree

high temperaturelow temperature

Reduced thermal reading

cold · freezing · coldness · frigidity · chill

medical/physiological state

high temperaturehypothermia

Dangerously low body temperature

cold exposure · chills

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