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temper (n.)
1.an angry and disagreeable mood
2.a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger"his temper was well known to all his employees"
3.the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
4.a sudden outburst of anger"his temper sparked like damp firewood"
5.a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling"whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time" "he was in a bad humor"
6.feeling easily irritated
temper (v. intr.)
1.become hard or harder"The wax hardened"
temper (v. trans.)
1.lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits"moderate your alcohol intake" "hold your tongue" "hold your temper" "control your anger"
temper (v.)
1.restrain
2.make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate"she tempered her criticism"
3.adjust the pitch (of pianos)
4.harden by reheating and cooling in oil"temper steel"
5.bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling"temper glass"
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Merriam Webster
TemperTem"per (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tempered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tempering.] [AS. temprian or OF. temper, F. tempérer, and (in sense 3) temper, L. temperare, akin to tempus time. Cf. Temporal, Distemper, Tamper.]
1. To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm.
Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system. Bancroft.
Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee
To temper man: we had been brutes without you. Otway.
But thy fire
Shall be more tempered, and thy hope far higher. Byron.
She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and clouds about her, that tempered the light into a thousand beautiful shades and colors. Addison.
2. To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man's liking. Wisdom xvi. 21.
3. (Metal.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.
The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver sound. Dryden.
4. To govern; to manage. [A Latinism & Obs.]
With which the damned ghosts he governeth,
And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth. Spenser.
5. To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
6. (Mus.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
Syn. -- To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm.
TemperTem"per, n.
1. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.
2. Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
The exquisiteness of his [Christ's] bodily temper increased the exquisiteness of his torment. Fuller.
3. Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.
Remember with what mild
And gracious temper he both heared and judged. Milton.
The consequents of a certain ethical temper. J. H. Newman.
4. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper.
To fall with dignity, with temper rise. Pope.
Restore yourselves to your tempers, fathers. B. Jonson.
5. Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense. [Colloq.]
6. The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.
7. Middle state or course; mean; medium. [R.]
The perfect lawgiver is a just temper between the mere man of theory, who can see nothing but general principles, and the mere man of business, who can see nothing but particular circumstances. Macaulay.
8. (Sugar Works) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
Temper screw, in deep well boring, an adjusting screw connecting the working beam with the rope carrying the tools, for lowering the tools as the drilling progresses.
Syn. -- Disposition; temperament; frame; humor; mood. See Disposition.
TemperTem"per, v. i.
1. To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
I have him already tempering between my finger and my thumb, and shortly will I seal with him. Shak.
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temper (n.)
anger, bad mood, bile, biliousness, calm, calmness, composure, coolness, disposition, distemper, equanimity, frame of mind, ill humor, ill humour, irritability, irritableness, irritation, mettle, moderation, mood, nature, passion, peeve, peevishness, pettishness, pique, resentment, snappishness, spirits, state of mind, surliness, temperament, testiness, tetchiness, touchiness, toughness, tranquillity, humor (American), humour (British)
Voir aussi
temper (v.)
↘ mollification, pacification, temperance ↗ bake, cook, fry
temper (v. intr.)
↘ curing, hardening, set, solidification, solidifying ≠ soften
temper (n.)
↘ -humoured ≠ amiability, cheer, good humor, good humour, good temper
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temper (n.)
temper (n.)
temper (n.)
elasticity, snap[Hyper.]
harden, temper - anneal, normalize, temper[Dérivé]
temper (n.)
temper (n.)
feeling, sentiment[Hyper.]
humor, humour - moody, temperamental[Dérivé]
temper (n.)
temper (v.)
temper (v.)
weaken[Hyper.]
mollification, pacification - mollification[Dérivé]
temper (v.)
adjust, correct, set[Hyper.]
temper (v.)
modify[Hyper.]
temperance - annealing, tempering - temper, toughness[Dérivé]
temper (v.)
chaudronnerie (fr)[termes liés]
(recurrent; periodic; periodical), (repetitive; iterative; reiterative), (do over again; do again)[Caract.]
harden, indurate[Hyper.]
bake, cook, fry[A Nouveau]
temperance - annealing, tempering - temper, toughness[Dérivé]
temper (v. intr.)
devenir ferme (fr)[Classe]
rendre plus solide (fr)[Classe]
alter, change[Hyper.]
curing, hardening, set, solidification, solidifying - induration, scleroma, sclerosis[Dérivé]
harden, indurate[Domaine]
soften[Ant.]
temper (v. tr.)
Wikipedia
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Temperare (to mix correctly) is the Latin origin of words like "temperature" and "tempering"; it and "tempo" come, in turn, from tempus (time or season). Thus, the word "temper" can refer (at least informally) to any time- and temperature-sensitive process (as for chocolate tempering or tempered glass), a material's thermo-mechanical history, or even its composition.
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