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Definition of Tempered

1. Adjective. Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment. "Tempered glass"

2. Adjective. Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element. "Criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"

Definition of Tempered

1. a. Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.

Definition of Tempered

1. temper [v] - See also: temper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tempered

temperature temperature temperature-compensated vaporiser temperature-sensitive mutant temperatures temperature change temperature coefficient temperature gradient temperature midpoint temperature reduction

temperature scale temperature sense temperature sensitive mutation temperature spot temperature unit tempered (current term) temperer temperers tempering tempering

tempero-mandibular joint tempero-mandibular joint syndrome tempers tempest tempest-swept tempest-tossed tempest-tost tempested tempesting tempests

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