tempera tet (temper at)

t. [ In heaven and earth this power beauty hath - It inflames temperance, and temp'rates wrath. Marston and Barksted , Insatiate Counte , i. Sometimes temperated by the comfortable winds, to which it lies open. Sandys , Travailes, p. 178. temperately (tem'per-at-li), adv . In a temperate manner or degree. (a) Moderately; not exce ively. IMG:content-0058.png:[blocks in formation] Water boils at a lower temperature at the top of a mountempering-furnace (tem'per-ing-fer"nās), n. A tain than it does at the seashore, and. ice melts at the same temperature in all parts of the world. Clerk Maxwell , Heat, p. 33. IMG:content-0059.png:[blocks in formation] quently the temperature gradient, would be much greater than in the case of an earth entirely covered by water. In the case of the actual earth with continents and oceans, the temperature gradients between the equator and the pole on the continents are somewhat as they would be in the case of an entire land surface, while on the ocean they are somewhat as on an entire water surface, and conse- quently the temperature gradients on the former are greater than on the latter; hence there are differences tudes, and temperature gradients arise between regions of land and regions of water. As a result of these diver- sifying conditions, the mean sea-level temperature can be expre ed as a function of latitude and longitude only by empirical methods, and by utilizing a large ma of ob- served data. The diminution of temperature with alt i tude is a further variation that can often be indepen- dently treated. 8. In physiol . and pathol ., the degree of heat of a living body, especially of the human body. It is usually taken, clinically, in the axilla, un- der the tongue, or in the rectum. The pulse, respiration, and temperature may improve. J. M. Car no chan , Operative Surgery, p. 398. Absolute temperature. See absolute . - Absolute zero of temperature. See def. 6 and absolute . - Animal tem- perature, the temperature of an animal, which in cold- blooded animals is but slightly above that of their sur roundings, but in warm-blooded animals is maintained at a more or le constant point considerably above that of their surroundings. In the latter it is under the control of a nervous (thermotaxic) mechanism, and is dependent on the coördinated regulation of the production of heat by vital metabolism (thermogenesis) and the lo of heat by conduction, by radiation, by evaporation, and other- wise (thermolysis). The temperature of a man in health, taken in the mouth or axilla, varies from about 98° to 99° F. Temperature above this is called pyrexia . - Crit- ical temperature. Same as critical point (b). See un- der critical . - Mean temperature, a mean for any given period of air-temperatures systematically observed each day at a given place; or, without reference to time, the mean of a series of temperature observations extending over a long number of years. The latter is, more specifi- cally, the mean annual temperature , and is the average of a series of annual means. The annual mean for any year is usually taken as the average of all the monthly means; the monthly mean is the average of the daily means; and the daily mean is obtained from some combination of in- dividual observations. - Perverse temperature-sensa- tions. See sensation . temperature-alarm (tem'per-a-tur-a-lärm"), n . An adjustable apparatus for indicating auto- matically the variation from a certain point of the temperature of the place where it is fixed. temperature-curve (tem'per-a-tūr-kérv), n. A curve exhibiting the variations of temperature during a given period. tempered (tem perd), a. 1. Having a certain temper emper or disposition; disposed: often used in composition: as, a good- tempered man. When was my lord so much ungently temper'd , To stop his ears against admonishment? An other suche as Arione, Whiche had an harpe of suche temprure IMG:content-0060.png:[blocks in formation] Doth from my senses take all feeling else Save what beats there. Shak., Lear, iii. 4. 12. A tempest in a tea-pot, a great disturbance over a small matter. Syn. 1. Hurricane , etc. See wind2 . tempest tempest (tempest), (tem'pest), v . [ tempesten , tempest ear = It. tempest are , storm; from the noun.] I. trans. To disturb violently, as by a tempest; rouse; throw into a state of IMG:content-0061.png:[blocks in formation] 2. In music , noting an instrument, scale, or in- terval that is tuned in accordance with some other temperament than just or pure tempera- ment, specifically one tuned in equal tempera- ment. See temperament , 5. - Tempered clay, clay prepared for molding by moistening and kneading. Tem- pered-clay machine, in brick - manuf ., one of a cla of machines by which tempered or moistened clay is molded into bricks or tiles. - Tempered gla . See gla . temperer (tem'per-er), n. [ temper + -er1.] One who or that which tempers, in any sense. They are weighed out in quantities of about 30 lbs., which contain from 250,000 to 500,000 needles, and are carried in boxes to the temperer . Ure, Dict., III. 410. IMG:content-0062.png:[blocks in formation] Of cold in virtue, and cro heat in vice, Thunder and tempest on those learned heads, Whom Cæsar with such honour doth advance. B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. tempestarian (tem-pes-ta'ri-an), n. A sorcerer estarian (tem-pes-ta-ri-an who profe ed to raise tempests by magical arts. Bingham, Bingham, Antiquities, ities, xvi. 5. tempest-beaten (tem'pest-bē"tn), a. Beaten or disturbed by or as by a tempest. In the calm harbour of whose gentle breast My tempest - beaten soul may safely rest. tempering (tem'per-ing), n . [Verbal n. of tem- per, v.] 1. The proce of giving to any metal the desired hardne and elasticity. See tem- per , 9. Also called annealing .-2. In music , the act, proce , or result of tuning an instru- ment, scale, or interval in accordance with some other temperament than just or pure temperament, especially with equal tempera- pestiue showres of the Heauens. ment. See temperament , 5. tempest i vet (tem'pes-tiv), a. [ tempest if = Sp. Pg. It. tempestivo , tempestivus , timely, seasonable, opportune, tempest as , time: see tempest . ] Timely; seasonable. tempestively tempestivelyt (tem'pes-tiv-li), adv. Seasonably. Dancing is a pleasant recreation of body and mind, if tempestively used. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 499. tempestivityt (tem-pes-tiv'i-ti), n. [= Sp. tempestividad = OIt. tempestività , tempest i vita ( t- ) s , timeline , seasonablene , tempest i vus , timely, seasonable: see tempestive .] Seasonablene . Since their dispersion, and habitation in countries whose constitutions admit not such tempestivity of harvests, there will be found a great disparity in their observations. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vi. 3.