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What does well-tempered mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word well-tempered? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (archaic, of a person) good-humoured, pleasant, having an even temperament
  2. (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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Even then her work challenged the classical ideal that a well-tempered whole must bind the parts in a structured hierarchy.
The development and formation of these crystals are what makes well-tempered chocolate.
At the same time, when she saw me on TV, her face hid a well-tempered revulsion.
Any advice for well-tempered students who study with ill-tempered teachers?
All great music and all great performance, is rooted in the conception of the well-tempered system, defined by Bach.
The next day Avery packed his horse, a well-tempered chestnut gelding named Wesley, and rode away to become a hero.

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