Meanings
plural temperamentalities
- uncountableusuallyThe state or condition of being temperamental.
As in Bunsen and other pumps which incline to temperamentality, slight differences of construction sometimes lead to large changes in efficiency.
1925, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science1 more example
It retained nothing of that temperamentality and unpredictability that characterize not only ordinary human action but also the activity of the "primitive"...
2000, Ernst Cassirer, Steve G Lofts, The logic of the cultural sciences: five studies
Origin
Translations
Finnish temperamenttisuus
- temperamenttisuusthe state or condition of being temperamental
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