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well-tempered en · ADJ

Etymology

A calque of German wohltemperiert

Meanings

  1. (archaic, not-comparable, of a person) good-humoured, pleasant, having an even temperament
  2. (not-comparable) 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.