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tempering   (TTS Sound)

The noun tempering has 1 sense

• annealing, tempering -- (hardening something by heat treatment)

The verb temper has 5 senses

• anneal, temper, normalize -- (bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass")


• temper, harden -- (harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel")


• temper -- (adjust the pitch (of pianos))


• temper, season, mollify -- (make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism")


• chasten, moderate, temper -- (restrain)

The adj tempering has 1 sense

• tempering -- (moderating by making more temperate)