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Verified for the 2026 examโขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โข Last updated September 2025
Definition
Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is; specifically, it's a measure of the average kinetic energy per molecule in an object or system.
Related terms
Kelvin Scale: A thermodynamic temperature scale where absolute zero, the lowest possible temperature, is zero Kelvin.