tempering
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tempering
verb
- present participle and gerund of temper
noun temperings
- The act by which something is tempered. Caron has, in fact, discovered this very curious circumstance, that a bar of steel becomes shorter under successive temperings, while it increases in size, laterally, in such a manner, that there actually is an increase of volume.
- A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; temper. Clay and tempering were packed around the pole together with plenty of water[.]
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Talk about this word "tempering." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tempering. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tempering. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tempering "tempering." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tempering.
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@misc{tempering_2026,
title = {tempering},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tempering},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
