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Temperament

see synonyms of temperament

Noun

1. disposition, temperament

your usual mood

Example Sentences:
'he has a happy disposition'

2. temperament

excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)

3. temperament

an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Temperament

see synonyms of temperament
noun
1. 
an individual's character, disposition, and tendencies as revealed in his or her reactions
2. 
excitability, moodiness, or anger, esp when displayed openly
an actor with temperament
3. 
the characteristic way an individual behaves, esp towards other people
See also character, personality
4. 
a. 
an adjustment made to the frequency differences between notes on a keyboard instrument to allow modulation to other keys
b. 
any of several systems of such adjustment, such as just temperament, a system not practically possible on keyboard instruments, mean-tone temperament, a system giving an approximation to natural tuning, and equal temperament, the system commonly used in keyboard instruments, giving a scale based on an octave divided into twelve exactly equal semitones
See also just intonation
5. obsolete
the characteristic way an individual behaves, viewed as the result of the influence of the four humours (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile)
6. archaic
compromise or adjustment
7.  an obsolete word for temperature

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Temperament

see synonyms of temperament
noun
1.  Obsolete
the act or an instance of tempering; proportionate mixture or balance of ingredients
2. 
in medieval physiology, any of the four conditions of body and mind, the sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric (or bilious), and melancholic temperaments, attributed to an excess of one of the four corresponding humors
see also humor
3. 
one's customary frame of mind or natural disposition; nature
a man of even temperament
4. 
a nature that is excitable, moody, capricious, volatile, etc.
the temperament of a prima donna
5.  Obsolete
a. 
climate
b. 
temperature
6.  Music
a system of adjustment of the intervals between the tones of an instrument of fixed intonation: it may be pure temperament, in which the intervals are set exactly according to theory, or equal temperament, as in a piano, in which the pitch of the tones is slightly adjusted to make them suitable for all keys

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Temperament

see synonyms of temperament
n.
1.
a. The manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting characteristic of a specific person: a nervous temperament. See Synonyms at disposition.
b. The distinguishing mental and physical characteristics of a human according to medieval physiology, resulting from dominance of one of the four humors.
2. Excessive irritability or sensitiveness: an actor with too much temperament.
3. Music See equal temperament.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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