tempered
- Adjective. Of one's disposition.
- Adjective. Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
- Adjective. Of something moderated or balanced by other considerations.
- 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.
- Verb. (past of, temper) .
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