temperament
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English temperament, borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperāmentum.
- derived from temperāmentum
- derived from tempérament
- inherited from temperament
Definitions
A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
- President Taft did not have the temperament either to dominate or to work with his Congress.
A tendency to become irritable or angry.
The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the…
The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.
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Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively…
Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.
A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound
A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner…
Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at temperament. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at temperament. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at temperament
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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