temperament
tem·pe·ra·ment
noun
1.
2.
excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
3.
an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
Origin
Inherited from Middle English temperament, borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperāmentum.
Phrases
- artistic temperament
- circular temperament
- circulating temperament
- equal temperament
- good temperament
- Helmholtz temperament
- judicial temperament
- meantone temperament
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