Definition of Tempered in English :

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Tempered meaning in English

Meaning of Tempered in English

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Tempered

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Adjective

1. hardened, tempered, toughened, treated

made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

Example Sentences:
'a sword of tempered steel'
'tempered glass'

2. tempered

adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element

Example Sentences:
'criticism tempered with kindly sympathy'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Tempered

see synonyms of tempered
adjective
1. music
a. 
(of a scale) having the frequency differences between notes adjusted in accordance with the system of equal temperament
temperament
b. 
(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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Tempered

see synonyms of tempered
adjective
1. 
having been given the desired temper, consistency, hardness, etc.
tempered steel
2. 
modified by addition of or mixture with other qualities, ingredients, etc.
the mercy in a tempered justice
3. 
having a (specified kind of) temper
bad-tempered
4.  Music
adjusted to a temperament, esp. equal temperament

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Tempered

see synonyms of tempered
adj.
1. Having a specified temper or disposition. Often used in combination: sweet-tempered; ill-tempered.
2. Adjusted or attuned by the addition of a counterbalancing element; moderated or measured: "Party elites in Washington were content with a politics of compromise and tempered ideology" (Bill Bishop).
3. Made appropriately hard or flexible by tempering: a sword of tempered steel.
4. Having the requisite degree of hardness or elasticity. Used of glass or a metal.
5. Music Tuned to temperament. Used of a scale, an interval, a semitone, or intonation.

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