attemperation

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noun

The act of attempering or regulating.

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Meanings

nounattemperation (plural attemperations)

plural attemperations

  1. archaicThe act of attempering or regulating.

    And if this be possible, it can certainly be effected no other way than by proper and exquisite attemperations of nature; as it were by the harmony and fine touching of the harp

    1609 (revised 1625), Francis Bacon, De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients')

Origin

From attemper + -ation.

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APA

attemperation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attemperation

MLA

“attemperation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attemperation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attemperation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attemperation.

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