tempered
a. 回火的, 缓和的, 脾气...的
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simple past and past participle of temper
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Having a specified disposition or temper.
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Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
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Pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass.
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Moderated or balanced by other considerations.
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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.
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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.
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