tempering

Meanings

1. 1
   verb To moderate or control.
2. 2
   verb To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
3. 3
   verb To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
4. 4
   verb To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
5. 5
   verb To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
6. 6
   verb (Latinism) To govern; to manage.
7. 7
   verb To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.
8. 8
   verb To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.
9. 9
   verb To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.
10. 10
    noun The act by which something is tempered.