Temper

Temper, tempered or tempering may refer to:

Heat treatment

* Tempering (metallurgy), a heat treatment technique to increase the toughness of iron-based alloys
** Temper mill, a steel processing line
* Tempering (spices), a cooking technique where spices are roasted briefly in oil or ghee
* Tempered glass, a type of safety glass processed by controlled thermal or chemical treatments
* Tempering chocolate, processing to ensure a uniform sheen and crisp bite
* Temper (pottery), a non-plastic material added to clay to prevent shrinkage during drying and firing

Arts and entertainment

* ''Temper'' (film), a 2015 Telugu film
** ''Temper'' (soundtrack), or the title track, 2015
* Temper (band), a dance music group
* ''Temper'', a 2008 album by Benoit Pioulard
* "Temper", a song by Cyberaktif from the 1991 album '' Tenebrae Vision''
* "Temper", a 2021 song by Vera Blue
* '' Temper, or, Domestic Scenes'', a novel by Amelia Opie, 1812–1813
* '' The Tempering'', a young-adult novel by Gloria Skurzynski, 1983
* Temper, a character in ''Corner Shop Show''
* '' Kanthaswamy'', a 2009 Indian Tamil-language film, titled ''Temper 2'' in Hindi

Other uses

* Temper (artist), an English graffiti artist
* Tempering (music), adjusting the musical temperament of an instrument
* Tempered distribution, in mathematics
* Tempered representation, in mathematics
* Temper, an alternate spelling of Tempel (boat), a type of native cargo boat from the Philippines

See also

* Temper Temper (disambiguation)
* Tremper (disambiguation)
* True Temper (disambiguation)
* Temperament, in psychology, consistent individual differences in behavior that are biologically based
* '' The Well-Tempered Clavier'', a composition by Bach
* Irritability, low frustration tolerance and high frustration tolerance, related to temper.

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