1. Your usual mood
   "he has a happy temperament";
   - disposition
    
2. Excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
   "The artist's temperament was both a blessing and a curse for his work"
    
3. An adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
   "The piano tuner used equal temperament to ensure the instrument could play in all keys"

Derived forms: temperaments

See also: unwilling, willing

Type of: adjustment, emotionalism, emotionality, nature, readjustment, registration

Encyclopedia: Temperament