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temperance noun

  /ˈtɛmpəɹəns/
  • Moderation of passion; calmness.
  • (obsolete) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
templanza, temperancia
  • Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence.
temperancia, templanza

temperate adjective

  /ˈtɛmpəɹət/
  • Moderate; not excessive.
templado, ameno, temperado

temper verb

  /ˈtɛmpə/ , /ˈtɛmpɚ/
  • (archaic) 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.
atemperar, templar, temperar
  • To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
revenir

temper noun

  /ˈtɛmpə/ , /ˈtɛmpɚ/
  • A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
temperamento, carácter
  • The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
revenido

tempered adjective

  • Pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass.
templado

tempering noun

  • (pottery, architecture) A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; temper.
revenido

temperately adverb

  • In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes.
con mesura
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