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1. Tempering
   Temporarily holding the paddy between drying passes, allowing the moisture content in the centre of the grain and that on the surface of the grain to equalise.
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2. tempering
   [adj] - moderating by making more temperate
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3. Tempering
   The precisely controlled heating and cooling of molten chocolate to correctly crystallize or solidify the cocoa butter within, which produces the required consistency and a smooth, glossy finish.
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4. Tempering
   Reheating a quench-hardened or normalized ferrous alloy to a temperature below the transformationrange and then cooling at any rate desired. See also: Quenching.
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5. Tempering
   The final stage in the treatment of high-grade steels which relieves strains in the material and produces any required combination of hardness and toughness.
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6. tempering
   mechanical treatment of a wet clay with or without non-plastics to improve its workability; tempering of clay to produce a homogeneous plastic mass, usually in a pug mill Category: Building industry • a heat treatment generally performed on a metal alloy, usually after hardening, to give...
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7. Tempering
   Tem'per·ing noun (Metal.) The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in fi...
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8. tempering
   <chemistry> The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold w...
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9. tempering
   adjective moderating by making more temperate
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10. Tempering
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Temper • (n.) The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when...
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11. tempering
    (from the article `frozen prepared food`) When the meats are in frozen state—that is, at temperatures between -18° and -23° C (0° and -10° F)—they are tempered before cutting. Tempering ...
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12. tempering
    in metallurgy, process of improving the characteristics of a metal, especially steel, by heating it to a high temperature, though below the melting ... [4 related articles]
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13. tempering
    temper, tempered, tempering, tempers, temperable 1. To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate: 'temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom' (Robert H. Jackson)2. To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other physical condition by or as if by blendi...
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14. Tempering
    Tempering is the process of bringing the chocolate to a certain temperature whereby the cocoa butter reaches its most stable crystal form. There are several forms in which the butter can crystallize, only one of which ensures the hardness, shrinking force and gloss of the finished product after it h...
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15. Tempering
    Tempering is a process of heat treating, which is used to increase the toughness of iron-based alloys. It is also a technique used to increase the toughness of glass. For metals, tempering is usually performed after hardening, to reduce some of the excess hardness, and is done by heating the metal ...
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16. TEMPERING
    A method of preparing chocolate so that it will not develop fat bloom. Chocolate that will be used for dipping or coating must be tempered, which also gives it a glossy quality, free of streaks. The classic tempering method is to melt chocolate until it is lump free. Then 1/3 of the chocolate is pou...
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17. Tempering
    The process of melting and cooling chocolate to specific temperatures in order to prepare it for dipping, coating, or molding.
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18. Tempering
    Reheating a quench-hardened or normalized ferrous alloy to a temperature below the transformation range and then cooling at any rate desired.
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19. tempering
    
    • hardening something by heat treatment
    • anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling
    • harden by reheating and cooling in oil
    • adjust the pitch (of pianos)
    
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20. tempering
    heat treatment consisting in heating of previously hardened charge and subsequent cooling
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21. tempering
    tempering, process involving slow and moderate heating to increase the hardness and toughness of metals that have undergone previous heat treatment. Metals are usually hardened (see hardening) by being heated to high temperatures and quenched rapidly. This treatment causes brittleness, which is redu...
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22. Tempering
    Tempering is the process of heating up a metal, such as steel until red hot and then suddenly or gradually cooling it in water, oil, molten lead or another liquid. The result is to harden the metal. The metal can then be gradually reheated to reduce the hardness down to a required level - very hard ...
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23. tempering
    Heat treatment for improving the properties of metals, often used for steel alloys. The metal is heated to a certain temperature and then quenched (cooled suddenly) in a water or oil bath to fix its state. The temperature of steel during this process can be measured by changes in the colour of the metal as it gets hotter: it is light yellow at ...
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24. Tempering
    When steel, especially high speed steel, has been heat-treated it is then normally tempered at lower temperature to optimise hardness without excessive brittleness.
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