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low temperature

n. the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor" [syn: coldness, cold] [ant: hotness]

Usage examples of "low temperature".

When the atmosphere was calm, the low temperature was easily borne, but when the wind blew, the poor settlers, insufficiently clothed, felt it severely.

In the shadow of the shack he had an unfailing source of extreme low temperature.

There are not many chemical reactions known that can proceed at useful rates at some very low temperature such as might exist on Pluto, 30 or 40 degrees above absolute zero.

Furthermore, the brain can be brought to an especially low temperature, lower than that of the rest of the body.

These rooms could be refrigerated, and it was probable that at a low temperature the Centaurians reacted like vegetation on Earth in winter and passed into a dormant, hibernating state.

At the same time, because of the evaporative process, there is water vapour in the snow mass and, due to the low temperature, the separate granules tend to bond together by freezing.

At that very low temperature, you could hardly expect water vapor in the clouds.

The low temperature caused the Mardukan to move slowly, almost feebly.

Her smile brought the already low temperature in the room down another ten degrees.

She was thinking how absurdly big the furniture was and wondered whether the outsized chairs, like the low temperature, were a psychological ploy to make people brought there feel small and inadequate.