tempered
Having a specified disposition or temperHaving a specified disposition or temper.
Meaning
5 senses(in compounds, not comparable)Having a specified disposition or temper.
even-tempered
(not comparable)Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
(not comparable)Pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass.
(not comparable)Moderated or balanced by other considerations.
(not comparable)Pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.
- adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
- made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
Translations
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From Middle English tempred, itempered, ytempred, ytemprid, from Old English ġetemprod (“tFrom Middle English tempred, itempered, ytempred, ytemprid, from Old English ġetemprod (“tempered, moderate, goverened, cured”), past participle of Old English ġetemprian (“to temper, moderate, govern, cure”), equivalent to temper + -ed.
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