adjective

• (in combination) Having a specified disposition or temper.
• Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
• Pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass.
• Moderated or balanced by other considerations.
• (music) Pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.