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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 578 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TEMPER (from See also:Lat. temperare, to mingle or See also:compound in due proportion, to qualify, See also:rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, See also:time, See also:fit or due See also:season)  , to blend, modify, or qualify by mixing, to combine in due proportions, hence to restrain, See also:calm . A specific application of the word is to the bringing of See also:steel or other See also:metal to a proper hardness and See also:elasticity (see METAL and See also:IRON AND STEEL) . The word is also used as a substantive, especially in the transferred sense of disposition or See also:frame of mind, generally with some qualifying epithet, but when used absolutely signifying a hasty, passionate See also:temper, or display of such .

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