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tempering (encz) | tempering,popouštění Zdeněk Brož |
tempering (encz) | tempering,temperování n: Zdeněk Brož |
tempering (gcide) | moderating \moderating\ adj.
lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of
intensifying. [Narrower terms: tempering; weakening]
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Tempering (gcide) | Temper \Tem"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tempered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Tempering.] [AS. temprian or OF. temper, F. temp['e]rer,
and (in sense 3) temper, L. temperare, akin to tempus time.
Cf. Temporal, Distemper, Tamper.]
1. To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to
modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by
an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage;
to soothe; to calm.
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Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch
indifference, that mercy itself could not have
dictated a milder system. --Bancroft.
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Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee
To temper man: we had been brutes without you.
--Otway.
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But thy fire
Shall be more tempered, and thy hope far higher.
--Byron.
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She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and
clouds about her, that tempered the light into a
thousand beautiful shades and colors. --Addison.
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2. To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
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Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the
eater, tempered itself to every man's liking.
--Wisdom xvi.
21.
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3. (Metal.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to
temper iron or steel.
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The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver sound.
--Dryden.
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4. To govern; to manage. [A Latinism & Obs.]
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With which the damned ghosts he governeth,
And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth. --Spenser.
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5. To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as
clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
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6. (Mus.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual
scale, or to that in actual use.
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Syn: To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm.
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Tempering (gcide) | Tempering \Tem"per*ing\, n. (Metal.)
The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or
softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the
process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required
for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging
the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other
liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it
gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the
degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a
polished portion, or by the burning of oil.
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Tempering color, the shade of color that indicates the
degree of temper in tempering steel, as pale straw yellow
for lancets, razors, and tools for metal; dark straw
yellow for penknives, screw taps, etc.; brown yellow for
axes, chisels, and plane irons; yellow tinged with purple
for table knives and shears; purple for swords and watch
springs; blue for springs and saws; and very pale blue
tinged with green, too soft for steel instruments.
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tempering (wn) | tempering
adj 1: moderating by making more temperate
n 1: hardening something by heat treatment [syn: annealing,
tempering] |
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Attempering (gcide) | Attemper \At*tem"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attempered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Attempering.] [OF. atemprer, fr. L. attemperare;
ad + temperare to soften, temper. See Temper, and cf.
Attemperate.]
1. To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to
regulate, as temperature.
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If sweet with bitter . . . were not attempered
still. --Trench.
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2. To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as,
to attemper rigid justice with clemency.
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3. To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well
attempered with kindness and justice.
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4. To accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt.
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Arts . . . attempered to the lyre. --Pope.
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Note: This word is now not much used, the verb temper taking
its place.
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Distempering (gcide) | Distemper \Dis*tem"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distempered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Distempering.] [OF. destemprer, destremper, to
distemper, F. d['e]tremper to soak, soften, slake (lime);
pref. des- (L. dis-) + OF. temprer, tremper, F. tremper, L.
temperare to mingle in due proportion. See Temper, and cf.
Destemprer.]
1. To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to
change the due proportions of. [Obs.]
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When . . . the humors in his body ben distempered.
--Chaucer.
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2. To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or
spiritual; to disorder; to disease. --Shak.
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The imagination, when completely distempered, is the
most incurable of all disordered faculties.
--Buckminster.
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3. To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle;
to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant.
"Distempered spirits." --Coleridge.
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4. To intoxicate. [R.]
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The courtiers reeling,
And the duke himself, I dare not say distempered,
But kind, and in his tottering chair carousing.
--Massinger.
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5. (Paint.) To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to
distemper colors with size. [R.]
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tempering (gcide) | moderating \moderating\ adj.
lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of
intensifying. [Narrower terms: tempering; weakening]
[WordNet 1.5]Temper \Tem"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tempered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Tempering.] [AS. temprian or OF. temper, F. temp['e]rer,
and (in sense 3) temper, L. temperare, akin to tempus time.
Cf. Temporal, Distemper, Tamper.]
1. To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to
modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by
an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage;
to soothe; to calm.
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Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch
indifference, that mercy itself could not have
dictated a milder system. --Bancroft.
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Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee
To temper man: we had been brutes without you.
--Otway.
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But thy fire
Shall be more tempered, and thy hope far higher.
--Byron.
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She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and
clouds about her, that tempered the light into a
thousand beautiful shades and colors. --Addison.
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2. To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
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Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the
eater, tempered itself to every man's liking.
--Wisdom xvi.
21.
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3. (Metal.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to
temper iron or steel.
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The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver sound.
--Dryden.
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4. To govern; to manage. [A Latinism & Obs.]
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With which the damned ghosts he governeth,
And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth. --Spenser.
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5. To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as
clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
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6. (Mus.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual
scale, or to that in actual use.
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Syn: To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm.
[1913 Webster]Tempering \Tem"per*ing\, n. (Metal.)
The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or
softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the
process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required
for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging
the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other
liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it
gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the
degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a
polished portion, or by the burning of oil.
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Tempering color, the shade of color that indicates the
degree of temper in tempering steel, as pale straw yellow
for lancets, razors, and tools for metal; dark straw
yellow for penknives, screw taps, etc.; brown yellow for
axes, chisels, and plane irons; yellow tinged with purple
for table knives and shears; purple for swords and watch
springs; blue for springs and saws; and very pale blue
tinged with green, too soft for steel instruments.
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Tempering color (gcide) | Tempering \Tem"per*ing\, n. (Metal.)
The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or
softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the
process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required
for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging
the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other
liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it
gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the
degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a
polished portion, or by the burning of oil.
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Tempering color, the shade of color that indicates the
degree of temper in tempering steel, as pale straw yellow
for lancets, razors, and tools for metal; dark straw
yellow for penknives, screw taps, etc.; brown yellow for
axes, chisels, and plane irons; yellow tinged with purple
for table knives and shears; purple for swords and watch
springs; blue for springs and saws; and very pale blue
tinged with green, too soft for steel instruments.
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tempering (wn) | tempering
adj 1: moderating by making more temperate
n 1: hardening something by heat treatment [syn: annealing,
tempering] |
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