tempering
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- n hardening something by heat treatment
- v bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
- v harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- v adjust the pitch (of pianos)
- v make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
- v restrain
- s moderating by making more temperate
- A: What's tempering? You mean melt it? Q: When you melt chocolate, you have to do it in stages or it congeals.
- For teenagers it's a bittersweet initiation into romance and courtship, where girls brave a few burns to learn the art of tempering molten chocolate to create one-of-a-kind treats .
- The initiative inflamed smokers, but many ultimately accepted the logic of tempering the habit to preserve their neighbors' lungs.