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n. - A warmness resembling the temperature of the skin.

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  • (And I say that as an atheist who tires of Dawkins tepidity towards the creative arts.)
  • During the lukewarm stage (tepidity), compounds such as sugar, starch and fat are broken down.
  • Which is technically correct, I guess, but the hedging tepidity really misrepresents the depth of scientific consensus on the issue.
  • Even as the days grow short and cold, the water's tepidity can release excess heat, which tends to increase pressure in the air above.
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