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TEMPERING
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Hardening something by heat treatment
Synonyms:
annealing; tempering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tempering" is a kind of...):
hardening (the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact))
Derivation:
temper (harden by reheating and cooling in oil)
temper (bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling)
II. (adjective)
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Meaning:
Moderating by making more temperate
Classified under:
Similar:
moderating (lessening in intensity or strength)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb temper
