Hyphenation of temper
How to hyphenate temper
temper is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, temper is hyphenated as:
- Syllables Count
- 2
- Characters Count
- 6
- Alpha-numeric Characters Count
- 6
- Hyphens Count
- 1
Definitions of temper
- noun A tendency to be in a certain type of mood; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
Example: to have a good, bad, or calm temper
- noun State of mind; mood.
- noun A tendency to become angry.
Example: He has quite a temper when dealing with salespeople.
- noun Anger; a fit of anger.
Example: an outburst of temper
- noun Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
Example: to keep one's temper; to lose one's temper; to recover one's temper
- noun Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
- noun Middle state or course; mean; medium.
- noun The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.
Example: the temper of mortar
- noun The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
- noun The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.
Example: the temper of iron or steel
- noun (sugar manufacture) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
- verb To moderate or control.
Example: Temper your language around children.
- verb To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
Example: Tempering is a heat treatment technique applied to metals, alloys, and glass to achieve greater toughness by increasing the strength of materials and/or ductility. Tempering is performed by a controlled reheating of the work piece to a temperature below its lower eutectic critical temperature.
- verb To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
- verb To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
- verb To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
- verb (Latinism) To govern; to manage.
- verb To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.
- verb To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.
- verb To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.
Words nearby temper
- temnospondyli
- temnospondylous
- temp
- temp.
- tempe
- tempean
- tempeh
- tempehs
- (temper)
- temper-spoiling
- temper-trying
- temper-wearing
- tempera
- temperability
- temperable
- temperably
- temperality
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What is hyphenation
Hyphenation is the process of splitting words into syllables and inserting hyphens between them to facilitate the reading of a text. It is also used to divide words when the word cannot fit on a line.
This technique is particularly helpful in fully justified texts, where it aids in creating a uniform edge along both sides of a paragraph. Hyphenation rules vary among languages and even among different publications within the same language. It's a critical component in typesetting, significantly influencing the aesthetics and readability of printed and digital media. For instance, in compound adjectives like 'long-term solution', hyphens clarify relationships between words, preventing misinterpretation. Moreover, hyphenation can alter meanings: 'recreation' differs from 're-creation'.
With the advent of digital text, hyphenation algorithms have become more sophisticated, though still imperfect, sometimes requiring manual adjustment to ensure accuracy and coherence in text layout. Understanding and correctly applying hyphenation rules is therefore not only a matter of linguistic accuracy but also a key aspect of effective visual communication.