- having a temper or disposition of a specified character (usually used in combination): a good-tempered child.
- tuned in accordance with some other temperament than just or pure temperament, especially tuned in equal temperament.
- made less intense or violent, especially by the influence of something good or benign: justice tempered with mercy.
- properly moistened or mixed, as clay.
- of or relating to steel or cast iron that has been tempered.
- music
- (of a scale) having the frequency differences between notes adjusted in accordance with the system of equal temperament
- (of an interval) expanded or contracted from the state of being pure
- having a temper or temperament as specified
