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A tendency to be in a certain type of mood; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
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to have a good, bad, or calm temper
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State of mind; mood.
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A tendency to become angry.
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He has quite a temper when dealing with salespeople.
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Anger; a fit of anger.
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an outburst of temper
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Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
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to keep one's temper; to lose one's temper; to recover one's temper
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Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
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Middle state or course; mean; medium.
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The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.
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the temper of mortar
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The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
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The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.
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the temper of iron or steel
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(sugar manufacture) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.