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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tem•per•a•ment /ˈtɛmpərəmənt, -prəmənt/USA pronunciation n. - Psychologynature or frame of mind;
natural disposition: [uncountable]differences in temperament between the twins.[countable]The child has an easygoing temperament. - unusual frame of mind, as shown by unusual actions:[uncountable]a display of temperament.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tem•per•a•ment (tem′pər ə mənt, -prə mənt, -pər mənt),USA pronunciation n. - Psychologythe combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person;
natural predisposition. - unusual personal attitude or nature as manifested by peculiarities of feeling, temper, action, etc., often with a disinclination to submit to conventional rules or restraints.
- Physiology(old physiology) the combination of the four cardinal humors, the relative proportions of which were supposed to determine physical and mental constitution.
- Music and Dance
- the tuning of a keyboard instrument, as the piano, organ, or harpsichord, so that the instrument may be played in all keys without further tuning.
- a particular system of doing this.
- [Archaic.]an act of tempering or moderating.
- [Archaic.]climate.
- Latin temperāmentum due mixture, equivalent. to temperā(re) to mix properly + -mentum -ment
- late Middle English 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged nature, makeup. See disposition.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: temperament /ˈtɛmpərəmənt -prəmənt/ n - an individual's character, disposition, and tendencies as revealed in his reactions
- excitability, moodiness, or anger, esp when displayed openly
- the characteristic way an individual behaves, esp towards other people
- an adjustment made to the frequency differences between notes on a keyboard instrument to allow modulation to other keys
- 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
- 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)
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin temperāmentum a mixing in proportion, from temperāre to temper |