Dictionary entry
temperature
TopicModels & Behavior Senses1
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Definition of temperature
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: a setting that controls how random a model's output is: low temperature gives safer, more predictable text, high temperature gives more varied and creative text
- Set the temperature to zero when you need the same answer every time.
- For brainstorming, I turn the temperature up.
Two meanings, one word
In everyday English
How hot or cold something is.
In AI
A setting that controls how random a model's output is: low temperature gives safer, more predictable text, high temperature gives more varied and creative text.
Origin & history
Borrowed from statistical physics, where temperature controls how evenly energy is spread across states.
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"Temperature." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/temperature/. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.
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