Definition of temperament - WordReference.com Dictionary

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temperament
A	noun
	1	temperament
			an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚calibration; standardization; standardisation ╚adjustment; registration; readjustment ╚temperament ╚equal temperament
	2	disposition, temperament
			your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚trait ╚nature ╚disposition, temperament ╚perfectionism ╚blood ╚moodiness ╚esprit de corps; morale; team spirit ╚nervousness ╚heart; spirit ╚animalism; physicality ╚aloneness; loneliness; lonesomeness; solitude ╚solitariness
	3	temperament
			excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚trait ╚emotionality; emotionalism ╚temperament