Temper

Temperare (to mix correctly) is the Latin origin of words like "temperature" and "tempering"; it and "tempo" come, in turn, from tempus (time or season). Thus, the word "temper" can refer (at least informally) to any time- and temperature-sensitive process (as for chocolate tempering or tempered glass), a material's thermo-mechanical history, or even its composition.

• Temper, in archaeology, non-plastic additions to clay, which are used to control shrinkage prior to firing into ceramic vessels
• TEMPER, the name of an atmospheric propagation computer model developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
• Tempering (mixing, kneading) clay or mud in construction is called puddling or clay in pottery wedging.

Music

• Temper, the name of a demo song by the musical group System of a Down
• Temper (album), 2008 album by Michigan-based musician Benoit Pioulard
• Temper (band), an American dance music group
• The Temper Trap, an Australian-based band

Temperament

• Temperament, in psychology, the general nature of an individual's personality
• Musical temperament, a tuning system which allows fixed-pitch instruments, such as the piano, greater flexibility in changing keys
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, a composition by Bach

Tempered

• Tempered representation, in mathematics
• Tempered glass

See also

• Temper (film), a 2015 Telugu film
• Tempering (metallurgy)