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temper

გამოთქმა: /ˈtɛmpə/

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Universal
  • 1 [in singular] a person’s state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm:he rushed out in a very bad temper
  • a tendency to become angry easily:I know my temper gets the better of me at times
  • an angry state of mind:Drew had walked out in a temper [mass noun]:I only said it in a fit of temper
  • 2 [mass noun] the degree of hardness and elasticity in steel or other metal: the blade rapidly heats up and the metal loses its temper

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Universal
  • 1improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it: the way a smith would temper a sword (as adjective tempered)tempered steel pins
  • improve the consistency or resiliency of (a substance) by heating it or adding particular substances to it: hardboard tempered with oil or resin is more durable
  • 2act as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to (something):their idealism is tempered with realism
  • 3tune (a piano or other instrument) so as to adjust the note intervals correctly.

keep (or lose) one's temper

retain (or fail to retain) composure when angry: it took all her patience to keep her temper

out of temper

in an irritable mood: on waking each day she had been out of temper

temperer

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