Temperature is a measure of

1.... the total amount of heat possessed by something.
2.... the flow of energy to or from something.
3.... the total energy possessed by something.
4.... the total kinetic energy of the constituents of something.
5.... the amount of useful work that could be extracted from something.
6.None of the above.


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