Tempering
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Tempering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of temper.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of temper.
More Meanings
- The act by which something is tempered.
- (pottery, architecture) A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; temper.
Example Sentences
Clay and tempering were packed around the pole together with plenty of water[.]
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.
Word Forms
- temperings
Synonyms for tempering
Depending on context, synonyms include annealing, moderating.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include annealing, moderating, training, exercise, contemperation, attemperation.
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