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temperament/ˈtemprəmənt/

▶noun

1 a person's nature with regard to the effect it has on their behaviour.

2 the adjustment of intervals in tuning a piano or other musical instrument so as to fit the scale for use in different keys.
■ (equal temperament) an adjustment in which the twelve semitones are equal intervals.

– origin ME (in sense ‘blending of elements in due proportions’, later ‘temperature’): from L. temperamentum ‘correct mixture’, from temperare ‘mingle’; cf. temper.

'temperament' also found in these Oxford entries:

black bile - blood - blooded - choler - complexion - constitution - gentle - kidney - phlegm - saudade - temper - temperamental - temperature - wolf

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