coldness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a lack of affection or enthusiasm

   A distressing coldness of tone and manner.

2. 2
   noun

   the absence of heat

   The coldness made our breath visible.

3. 3
   noun

   The reciprocal of absolute temperature.

   The coldness is the reciprocal of absolute temperature.

4. 4
   noun

   the sensation produced by low temperatures

From Middle English coldnesse, from Old English cealdness, cealdnys (“coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaldanassī (“coldness”), equivalent to cold + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian kâldens (“coldness”), Middle Low German koldenisse, kōldenisse (“coldness”), Middle High German kaltnisse, keltnisse (“coldness”).

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