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Well-tempered
Well-tempered
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(archaic, of a person)
Good-humoured
,
pleasant
, having an
even
temperament.
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(music) Having twelve
notes
per
octave
of the standard
keyboard
tuned
in such a way that it is possible to play music in most
major
or
minor
keys
and the resulting sound will not sound perceptibly out of tune.
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Origin of well-tempered
A
calque
of
German
wohltemperiert
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