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Temperament
Temperament
v. t.
Internal
constitution
;
state
with
respect
to
the
relative
proportion
of
different
qualities
, or
constituent
parts
.
Temperament
v. t.
Due
mixture
of
qualities
; a
condition
brought
about
by
mutual
compromises
or
concessions
.
Temperament
v. t.
The
act
of
tempering
or
modifying
;
adjustment
, as of
clashing
rules
,
interests
,
passions
, or
the
like
;
also
,
the
means
by
which
such
adjustment
is
effected
.
Temperament
v. t.
Condition
with
regard
to
heat
or
cold
;
temperature
.
Temperament
v. t.
A
system
of
compromises
in
the
tuning
of
organs
,
pianofortes
,
and
the
like
,
whereby
the
tones
generated
with
the
vibrations
of a
ground
tone
are
mutually
modified
and
in
part
canceled
,
until
their
number
reduced
to
the
actual
practicable
scale
of
twelve
tones
to
the
octave
.
This
scale
,
although
in so
far
artificial
, is
yet
closely
suggestive
of
its
origin
in
nature
,
and
this
system
of
tuning
,
although
not
mathematically
true
,
yet
satisfies
the
ear
,
while
it
has
the
convenience
that
the
same
twelve
fixed
tones
answer
for
every
key
or
scale
, C/
becoming
identical
with
D/,
and
so on.
Temperament
v. t.
The
peculiar
physical
and
mental
character
of an
individual
, in
olden
times
erroneously
supposed
to be
due
to
individual
variation
in
the
relations
and
proportions
of
the
constituent
parts
of
the
body
,
especially
of
the
fluids
, as
the
bile
,
blood
,
lymph
,
etc
.
Hence
the
phrases
,
bilious
or
choleric
temperament
,
sanguine
temperament
,
etc
.,
implying
a
predominance
of
one
of
these
fluids
and
a
corresponding
influence
on
the
temperament
.
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