TEMPERING
Dictionary entry overview: What does tempering mean? • TEMPERING (noun)
The noun TEMPERING has 1 sense:
1. hardening something by heat treatment
Familiarity information: TEMPERING used as a noun is very rare.
• TEMPERING (adjective)
The adjective TEMPERING has 1 sense:
1. moderating by making more temperate
Familiarity information: TEMPERING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TEMPERING (noun)
Meaning:
Hardening something by heat treatment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
annealing; tempering
Hypernyms ("tempering" is a kind of...):
hardening (the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact))
• TEMPERING (adjective)
Meaning:
Moderating by making more temperate
Similar:
moderating (lessening in intensity or strength)
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