temper
31temper — See: GOD TEMPERS THE WIND TO THE SHORN LAMB, HOLD ONE S TEMPER or KEEP ONE S TEMPER, LOSE ONE S TEMPER …
32Temper — Temperare (to mix correctly) is the Latin origin of words like temperature and tempering ; it and tempo come, in turn, from tempus (time or season). Thus, the word temper can refer (at least informally) to any time and temperature sensitive… …
33temper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. temperament, nature, disposition; mood, humor, tone; tantrum, passion, rage; mettle, quality; calmness, composure, equanimity. See irascibility, feeling, intrinsic. v. t. moderate, soften; harden,… …
34temper — [OE] The verb temper was borrowed into Old English from Latin temperāre ‘mix, blend’. This seems originally to have meant ‘mix in due proportion’, and so may have been derived from Latin tempus ‘time, due time’ (source of English temporary). The… …
35temper — 1) the operation of tempering; 2) the degree of hardness left in a steel bar after quenching and tempering; 3) the grading of the hardness of low carbon cold rolled strip, e.g. hard, half hard, quarter hard, skin passed, soft; 4) an indication of …
36temper — See: God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, hold one s temper or keep one s temper, lose one s temper …
37temper — [OE] The verb temper was borrowed into Old English from Latin temperāre ‘mix, blend’. This seems originally to have meant ‘mix in due proportion’, and so may have been derived from Latin tempus ‘time, due time’ (source of English temporary). The… …
38temper — To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other physical condition by or as if by blending, admixing, or kneading. Also, to harden or strengthen metal or glass by the application of heat, or by heating and cooling. Temper may… …
39temper — noun 1》 a person s state of mind in terms of their being angry or calm. 2》 a tendency to become angry easily. ↘an angry state of mind. 3》 the degree of hardness and elasticity of steel or another metal. verb 1》 improve the temper of (a metal) …
40têmper — tudi témper [pǝr] neskl. pril. (ȇ; ẹ̑) metal., navadno v zvezi temper litina litina, ki je žarjena, da se poveča oblikovalnost; temprana litina …
