well-tem|pered

well-tem|pered
well-tem|pered «WEHL TEHM puhrd», adjective.
1. Music. (of keyboard instruments) adjusted to the equal temperament.
2. having a good temper; controlled; mild: »

and also see Mr. Dunn's well-tempered disquietude about a society that seems to be planning its own obsolescence (New Yorker).

3. Metallurgy. brought to the right degree of hardness and elasticity.

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