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Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Environment, Controlled > Temperature
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Environment, Controlled > Temperature
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Meteorological Concepts > Atmosphere > Weather > Temperature
... > Environment and Public Health > Environment > Meteorological Concepts > Atmosphere > Weather > Temperature
Physical Phenomena > Thermodynamics > Temperature

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Temperature  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms.

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