a characteristic state of feeling Oscar Wilde, to do him justice, bore this sort of rebuff with astonishing good temper and sweetness. — Anonymous

late Old English temprian "to moderate, bring to a proper or suitable state, to modify some excessive quality, to restrain within due limits," from Latin temperare "observe proper measu [..]

late 14c., "due proportion of elements or qualities," from temper (v.). The sense of "characteristic state of mind, inclination, disposition" is first recorded 1590s; that of " [..]

state of mind and emotions.

Coarse material, such as crushed shells or sand, added to clay to get a desired texture or consistency for making a pot or other artifact.

anneal: bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass" pique: a sudden outburst of anger; "hi [..]

1. Metal transformation into a heated state in which stiffness and strength are imparted to steel club shafts. Z. Mental transformation into a heated state in which bends and crimps are imparted to st [..]

the mood you are in. You can be in a bad temper and be cross with everyone, o in a good temper when you are nice to be with

 to mix.

noun. 1. a reflection of irritation or rage. 2. a propensity to be angered rapidly. 3. a character trait, mood, or disposition.

To mix, blend, heat or knead something until it reaches the required consistency. Usually refers to tempering chocolate, which makes it glossy when it sets.

The softness of a metal; terms such as soft-drawn, dead soft, annealed, and semi-annealed are used to describe tempers used for conductor metals.

Technically, to moderate. In cooking, tempering most often refers to slightly warming beaten eggs, by rapidly stirring a little of the hot ingredients into them, before adding them to the hot mixture [..]

A condition produced in a metal or alloy by mechanical or thermal treatment and having characteristics structure and mechanical properties. A given alloy may be in the fully softened or annealed tempe [..]

The addition of water to the cement mix whether at the batch plant, during transit, or at the jobsite to achieve the specified water to cement ratio. See cement mixture

1) Reheating hardened, normalized, or mechanically worked steel to a temperature below the critical range to soften it and improve impact strength. 2) The moisture content of a sand at which any certa [..]

To moisten and mix clay, plaster, or mortar to the proper consistency.

To heat a substance and then control the cooling process in order to achieve a desired balance of hardness and flexibility.

Heat treat process performed after quenching or normalizing. The forging is heated to a temperature below the critical temperatures and cooled at a suitable rate. Tempering steel after hardening to re [..]

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1. To slowly bring up the temperature of a cold or room temperature ingredient by adding small amounts of a hot or boiling liquid. Adding the hot liquid gradually prevents the cool ingredient, such as [..]

To heat food gently and slowly before adding a large amount of hot mixture. This prevents the mixture from separating or curdling.

(n) a sudden outburst of anger(n) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling(n) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger(n) the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; [..]

 - The softness of a metal; terms such as soft-drawn, dead soft, annealed, and semi-annealed are used to describe tempers used for conductor metals.

To heat material after hardening to a temperature and allow it to cool naturally in order to soften material and make it less brittle. Also to heat to a lower temp to relieve stress in metal without a [..]

tempero

To make trim. The Italians say, tempera’re la lira, to tune the lyre; temperare una penna, to mend a pen; temperáre l’oriuôlo. to wind up the clock. In Latin, temperare calamum is &a [..]

The state of or condition of a metal as to its hardness or toughness produced by either thermal treatment or heat treatment and quench or cold working or a combination of same in order to bring the me [..]

Heating and cooling of metal at desired rate to obtain desired strength or hardening properties.

materials added to clay in the manufacture of ceramic artifacts, to prevent cracking during firing. Could include vegetal fibers, feathers, rock fragments, sand, or ground-up potsherds.

a substance added to the clay when manufacturing pottery, usually to harden or strengthen the material; temper may be shell, crushed stone, crushed pottery, sand, bone, Spanish moss, or other substanc [..]

material (sand, small stones or ground up clamshell) which is added to clay to help prevent shrinkage and cracking when the clay is dried or fired

Tempering is the technique of mixing cold and hot liquids gradually so the cold ingredients don't get ruined.

1: To slowly bring up the temperature of a cold or room temperature ingredient by adding small amounts of a hot or boiling liquid. Adding the hot liquid gradually prevents the cool ingredient (such as [..]

Temper: To combine ingredients to acclimate their temperatures with each other. Also to bring ingredients to the same temperature before combining them so as to aid in their mixing or cooking. Typic [..]

The condition produced by either mechanical or thermal treatment, or both, and characterized by a certain structure and mechanical properties.

The use of an additive (ie. ground shell) to both strengthen and reduce shrinking of ceramics during firing.

Temper may refer to:

Temper is a dance music group that was led by Anthony Malloy.

Thomas Meluch (born August 4, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, writer, and photographer, best known by his pseudonym Benoît Pioulard. He has collaborated frequently with [..]

Temper is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action film written by Vakkantham Vamsi and directed by Puri Jagannadh starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles. It was produced by Band [..]

Temper is the feature film soundtrack composed by Anup Rubens for the 2015 Telugu film of the same name. It consists of six songs all composed by Rubens and Telugu lyrics penned by Bhaskarabhatla, Kan [..]

Temper is an English graffiti artist. He is most prolific in the advancement of spray paint photorealism in the United Kingdom. He was the first graffiti artist to create a conceptual collection on ca [..]