attemperation
English
Etymology
attemper + -ation
Noun
attemperation (plural attemperations)
- (archaic) The act of attempering or regulating.
- 1609 (revised 1625), Francis Bacon, De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients')
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for attemperation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)