contemperature
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənˈtɛmpəɹətjʊə(ɹ)/, /kənˈtɛmpəɹət͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Noun
contemperature (uncountable)
- (obsolete) temperedness; a proportionate mixture.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
- the different contemperature of the elements
Related terms
References
- “contemperature”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Participle
contemperātūre
- vocative masculine singular of contemperātūrus