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Descriptor English: Temperature
Descriptor Spanish: Temperatura
Descriptor temperatura
Scope note: Propiedad de los objetos que determina la dirección del flujo de calor cuando se colocan en contacto térmico directo. La temperatura es la energía de los movimientos microscópicos (vibratorios y traslacionales) de las partículas de los átomos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Temperatura
Descriptor French: Température
Entry term(s): Temperatures
Tree number(s): G01.906.595
G16.500.275.063.725.710
G16.500.750.775.710
N06.230.150.450
N06.230.300.100.725.710
SP4.606.377.756.670
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013696
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: prefer specifics HOT TEMPERATURE or COLD TEMPERATURE
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Body Temperature MeSH
Thermometers MeSH
DeCS ID: 14074
Unique ID: D013696
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Temperature - Preferred
Concept UI M0021143
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Temperature
Entry term(s) Temperatures



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