ಅರ್ಥ : Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
A sword of tempered steel.
Tempered glass.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : hardened, toughened, treated
Not brought to a proper consistency or hardness.
Untempered mortar.ಅರ್ಥ : Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Criticism tempered with kindly sympathy.