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    TEMPERING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Hardening something by heat treatmentplay

    Synonyms:

    annealing; tempering

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("tempering" is a kind of...):

    hardening (the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact))

    Derivation:

    temper (harden by reheating and cooling in oil)

    temper (bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling)

     II. (adjective) 

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    Meaning:

    Moderating by making more temperateplay

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    moderating (lessening in intensity or strength)

     III. (verb) 

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    -ing form of the verb temper

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