temper
tem
ˈtɛm
tem
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pɜr
pēr
/tˈɛmpɐ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "temper"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϰāĻžāĻ—, āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϧ

a short period of extreme anger
02

āĻŽā§‡āϜāĻžāϜ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ

a tendency to quickly become angry
03

āĻŽā§‡āϜāĻžāϜ

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
04

āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāϰ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ•āϤāĻž

the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
01

āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
02

āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something moderate or agreeable by adding another element
03

āϏ⧁āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

adjust the pitch (of pianos)
04

āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to harden melted substances, often chocolate, by reheating and then cooling them to stabilize their texture
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She tempered the eggs by slowly adding the hot liquid, preventing them from curdling in the sauce.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āϤāϰāϞ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϏāϏ⧇ āϜāĻŽāĻžāϟ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϝāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to moderate or adjust the intensity of something, often to make it more balanced or less extreme
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His initial frustration was tempered by a thoughtful conversation with his mentor.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāĻļā§€āϞ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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