room temperature

noun

: a comfortable temperature that is not too hot or too cold

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Store in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week. Shelly Westerhausen Worcel, Midwest Living, 15 May 2026 Let the dish come to room temperature before popping it in the oven. Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 15 May 2026 This new battery operates safely at room temperature and normal atmospheric pressure. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026 This is the first follow-on piece and explores neutral-atom (NA) quantum, which operates at room temperature, and scales to a high number of qubits but currently does not match superconducting for maximal performance. Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for room temperature

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“Room temperature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/room%20temperature. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

Medical Definition

room temperature

noun
: a temperature of from 59° to 77°F (15° to 25°C) that is suitable for human occupancy and at which laboratory experiments are usually performed
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