room temperature

American  

[room tem-per-uh-cher, -choor, -pruh-, -per-cher, room] / ˈrum ˈtɛm pər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, -prə-, -pər tʃər, ˈrʊm /

noun

• room temperatures
  plural

1. a temperature at which food, drink, medicine, etc., is neither cooled nor heated.

   Unopened, our sauces can be stored at room temperature for months, but opened jars must be refrigerated.

   The cheeses are best served at room temperature.

2. any indoor temperature that falls within a range considered comfortable for human occupancy.

   We tested the strength of the bond at room temperature and at 140°F.

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room temperature British  

noun

1. the normal temperature of a living room, usually taken as being around 20°C

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• room temperatures
  plural

Etymology

Origin of room temperature

First recorded in 1845–50

Example Sentences

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room temperature

One possible use would be reading out qubits without having to carry a microwave pulse from millikelvin temperatures all the way to room temperature.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

Instead, the Royal Mint uses a process that dissolves the gold at room temperature.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Despite its extreme strength, the CoAl material also sustained 15% of plastic strain under compression at room temperature.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

The notion that red wine must be served at room temperature is an outdated concept based on it being kept in the much cooler conditions of a cellar, says Bartolotta.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

The other, inoculated with the same mixture of strains, was left at room temperature.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee