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temperature stability
An operating temperature is the allowable temperature range of the local ambient environment at which an electrical or mechanical device operates. The device will operate effectively within a specified temperature range which varies based on the device function and application context, and ranges from the minimum operating temperature to the maximum operating temperature (or peak operating temperature). Outside this range of safe operating temperatures the device may fail.
It is one component of reliability engineering.
Similarly, biological systems have a viable temperature range, which might be referred to as an "operating temperature".
This weekend I had a chance to measure velocities on a handload recipe I developed last summer. I recall temps in the 80s on days I shot last summer. Today: high 42deg, 91%humidity, Elevation 1400', I got a chance to target shoot and sent 3 rounds thru my chrono out of curiosity and noticed it...