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.
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Famous quotes containing the word temper:
“The wine heats temper and complexion:
Oath-enforced assertions fly
On rheumy fevers, resurrection,
Regicide and rabbit pie.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“It doth amaze me
A man of such a feeble temper should
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Yet I shall temper so
Justice with mercy.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)