What is the meaning of tempering?

noun

  • Hardening something by heat treatment.

verb

  • Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
    • usage: "temper glass"
  • Harden by reheating and cooling in oil.
    • usage: "temper steel"
  • Adjust the pitch (of pianos.
  • Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate.
    • usage: "she tempered her criticism"
  • Restrain.

adjective

  • Moderating by making more temperate. .
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