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Word: tempered (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • music 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.
  • Of one's disposition.
  • Of something moderated or balanced by other considerations.
  • Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.

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Verb:

  • temper

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