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Meaning of well-tempered

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

well-tempered

adjective

Definitions

  1. (of a person) good-humoured, pleasant, having an even temperament

  2. Having twelve notes per octave of the standard instrument tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and the resulting sound will not sound perceptibly too far out of tune.