adj
Meaning 1
Having a specified disposition or temper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable
Examples
- even-tempered
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tempered
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adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 4
Moderated or balanced by other considerations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mellow, sober, measured, middle of the road, mild, moderate, nonexcessive, nonextreme, nonfanatic, proper, reasonable, reasonous, temperate, tempered, unexcessive, unextreme
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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verb
Meaning 6
simple past and past participle of temper
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective
Meaning 7
adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- criticism tempered with kindly sympathy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: untempered
adjective
Meaning 8
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a sword of tempered steel
- tempered glass
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: treated, hardened, toughened
Antonyms: untempered
History
Etymology
From 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.
Partly from Middle English temperd, temprede, from Old English temprode, first and third person singular preterit of Old English temprian; and partly from Middle English tempred, i-tempred, from Old English ġetemprod. Equivalent to temper + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: templado — pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass
- Spanish: temperado — pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass
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