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tempered

[ tem-perd ]

adjective

  1. having a temper or disposition of a specified character (usually used in combination):

    a good-tempered child.

  2. Music. tuned in accordance with some other temperament than just or pure temperament, especially tuned in equal temperament.
  3. made less intense or violent, especially by the influence of something good or benign:

    justice tempered with mercy.

  4. properly moistened or mixed, as clay.
  5. Metallurgy. of or relating to steel or cast iron that has been tempered.


tempered

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adjective

  1. music
    1. (of a scale) having the frequency differences between notes adjusted in accordance with the system of equal temperament See temperament
    2. (of an interval) expanded or contracted from the state of being pure
  2. in combination having a temper or temperament as specified

    ill-tempered

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tempered1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; temper, -ed 2, -ed 3
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You can either volley, play off a bounce or let the ball ricochet off tempered glass walls before you hit it.

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The eggs should have been tempered with pasta water, or combined off heat.

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Orchard Hills homes are outfitted with tempered glass, which is stronger than single-pane windows that tend to break in fires.

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Osborn can sound like a factory man from a Bruce Springsteen song, a character whose youthful exuberance and restless sense of escape have been tempered by life’s hard awakenings.

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Initially he said he hoped to save as much as $2tn a year, but later tempered this estimate.

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