Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The process of giving to any metal the desired hardness and elasticity. See temper, 9. Also called annealing.
- n. In music, the act, process, or result of tuning an instrument, scale, or interval in accordance with some other temperament than just or pure temperament, especially with equal temperament. See temperament, 5.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of temper.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Metal.) The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. moderating by making more temperate
- n. hardening something by heat treatment
Examples
“Geithner and others have urged a more central role for the IMF in tempering that dispute, and officials said a more precise set of global norms may need to be developed.”
The Washington Post: Industrialized nations pursue currency compromise
“The genes that the Williams Syndrome people are missing are certainly involved in tempering friendliness.”
“The tempering is an essential component of the dhokla.”
“Once the tempering is sizzling, add the yogurt mixture and bring to boil.”
“This is called tempering the eggs and it prevents them from curdling when added to the pudding.”
“Genius were busied in tempering the finest earth of Paradise with the milk of human kindness. science was polishing & true religion adding the last refinement. perhaps Bedford the Modesty with which it was mixed will tempt you to disown this heart. but Truth & Experience both toldaffirmed it & Reason &”
“In a series of blogs, I will wrestle with some of Erickson’s assertions and see if tempering is called for.”
“To my palate, the crunchy sesame seeds in the tempering are the best bit!”
“The traditional mechanism for this is known as tempering (video here).”
“The observant lieutenant described Cochise as a fine looking Indian of about fifty winters he was closer to sixty-five, straight as a rush—six feet in stature, deep chested, roman nosed, black eyes, firm mouth, a kindly and even somewhat melancholy expression tempering the determined look of his countenance.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tempering’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Metallics
Words that relate to or describe metals.
malleable, ductile, shiny, steely, brassy, dull, golden, precious, smelt, smith, tensile, clink and 39 more...
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Chocolate Passion
Words related to my favorite addiction, chocolate!
chocolate, algarroba, alkali, bean, bittersweet, bloom, cacao, cocoa, tempering, cocoa powder, fermentation, pod and 50 more...
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ecbrenner's list
flatline, luddism, apocalipstick, muttsucker, leviathan of fore..., flint, coryphaeus, donnybrook, bandwidth, bagpipe the mizen, cheesed off, asterism and 525 more...
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Prosie: Obama's Inaugural Address
In keeping with my other Prosies (like this one). There were a number of phrases as well as words in this speech that I found particularly compelling.
My fellow citizens: I stand here ...we did not turn b..., when we were tested, what storms may come, icy currents, virtue, hope, alarmed, depth of winter, revolution, snow, enemy, abandoned and 257 more...
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Probe~ation
An obnoxious and ridiculous madlib list where verbish '-ing' words fill in the blank wherein the blank is a call for a beating.
For example:
"You're ________in' for a brus...searching, looking, hunting, seeking, questing, exploring, asking, inquiring, snooping, poking, probing, scouting and 262 more...
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Food of the Gods
Indeed it is. Words related to chocolate production. :-)
chocolate, cocoa, cacao, semisweet, bittersweet, nib, theobromine, theobroma cacao, bean, criollo, forastero, trinitario and 27 more...
Tweets
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ecbrenner The act of heating then cooling chocolate to specific temperatures so that when the cooled chocolate becomes smooth with a glossy sheen to it. Jul 7, 2010