| − | A measure of the energy of motion in a substance's molecules.<ref>Wile, Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Physical Science''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1999, 2000.</ref> | + | A convenient operational definition of '''temperature''' is that it is a measure of the average translational kinetic energy associated with the disordered microscopic motion of atoms and molecules.<ref> http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/temper.html </ref> |