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temperings

temperings is the plural of tempering.

Meaning of tempering

Noun

tempering (plural temperings)

  1. The act by which something is tempered.
    • Caron has, in fact, discovered this very curious circumstance, that a bar of steel becomes shorter under successive temperings, while it increases in size, laterally, in such a manner, that there actually is an increase of volume.1872, Louis Emmanuel Gruner, The Manufacture of Steel, page 29
  2. (pottery) A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; temper.
    • Clay and tempering were packed around the pole together with plenty of water[.]1983, Barry Cunliffe, chapter 6, in Danebury Hillfort, Stroud: Tempus

Questions about temperings

What is temperings the plural of?
Temperings is the plural of tempering.

Words near temperings in the dictionary

  1. temperer
  2. temperers
  3. temperest
  4. tempereth
  5. tempering
  6. temperings
  7. temperish
  8. temperless
  9. Temperley
  10. temperment
  11. tempermental

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