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1. (adj.) tempered
having a temper or disposition as specified (usu. used in combination):
a good-tempered child.
2. tempered
Music. tuned in accordance with some temperament, esp. equal temperament.
3. tempered
made less intense or violent, esp. by the influence of something else.
4. tempered
properly mixed, as clay.
5. tempered
of or pertaining to steel or cast iron that has been tempered.
Etymology: (1325–75)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) tempered, treated, hardened, toughened
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
"a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
2. (adj) tempered
adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
"criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) tempered
brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword
2. tempered
of Temper
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