Temp

noun

Abbreviation of tempore.

1. A temporary employee, usually in an office.
2. A temporary storage location.

verb

To work as a temporary employee.

1. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.

   The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.

2. An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.

   You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.

3. A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents. http//arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055
4. The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
5. The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.

1. Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
2. Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.