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Dictionary: tam·per1   (tăm'pər) pronunciation
 

v., -pered, -per·ing, -pers.

v.intr.
  1. To interfere in a harmful manner: tried to tamper with the decedent's will; tampering with the timing mechanism of the safe.
  2. To tinker with rashly or foolishly: Don't tamper with my feelings.
  3. To engage in improper or secret dealings, as in an effort to influence: tamper with a jury. See synonyms at interfere.
v.tr.

To alter improperly.

[Probably alteration of TEMPER.]

tamperer tam'per·er n.
tamp·er2 (tăm'pər) pronunciation
n.

A neutron reflector in an atomic bomb that also delays the expansion of the exploding material, making possible a longer-lasting, more energetic, and more efficient explosion.


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verb

  1. To handle something idly, ignorantly, or destructively: fiddle, fool, meddle, mess, tinker. Informal monkey. See help/harm/harmless, touch/not touch.
  2. To prearrange the outcome of (a contest) unlawfully: fix. Idioms: stack the deck. See crimes.

 
Antonyms: tamper
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v

Definition: interfere, alter
Antonyms: leave alone


 
Architecture: tamper
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A compaction device for consolidating a granular material such as soil, backfill, or unformed concrete; usually powered by a motor. Also see jitterbug.

tamper


 
Law Encyclopedia: Tamper
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To meddle, alter, or improperly interfere with something; to make changes or corrupt, as in tampering with the evidence.

 
Wikipedia: Tamper
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Tamper can mean:

  • A device used for tamping, commonly to prepare ground coffee beans to make espresso.
  • A ballast tamper, a machine that tamps track ballast, invented by Sir John Scott.
  • In nuclear weapon design, either a shell surrounding the fission core and keeping the nuclear material assembled during the explosion for longer time, raising yield, or the outermost layer of a "secondary" thermonuclear component.
  • A tool with a long handle and a flat metal head, used in a "stomping" type motion to flatten ground, gravel or other type of materials, for gardening or landscaping tasks. See also Spud bar.
  • To make unauthorised alterations to something. Products can be made tamper-evident to protect against tampering.
  • Tamper detection: the automatic determination by a module that an attempt has been made to compromise the physical security.
  • Tamper evidence: the external indication that an attempt has been made to compromise the physical security of a module.
  • Tamper response: the automatic action taken by a module when a tamper attempt has been detected.
  • Tamper tape: tape or sticker often logoed placed over a seem or screw to show physical security has been breached when tape is broken on the module.

 
Translations: Tamper
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - forfalske, pille ved, rette i, forvanske

2.
n. - neutronreflektor

Nederlands (Dutch)
knoeien (met)

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - altérer, falsifier, spolier, truquer, tripatouiller

2.
n. - (Nucl) neutron réflecteur (dans une bombe atomique)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - sich einmischen, sich zu schaffen machen, fälschen, zu bestechen versuchen

2.
n. - Besetzer

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μαστορεύω, σκαλίζω, παραποιώ, αλλοιώνω

Italiano (Italian)
pestello

Português (Portuguese)
v. - mexer (indevidamente), falsificar, intrometer-se, adulterar, tentar forçar (fechadura)

Русский (Russian)
вмешиваться, соваться

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - intrigar, usar de soborno, intervenir estropeando, falsificando o alterando

2.
n. - pisón

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - mixtra med

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 损害, 削弱, 影响, 窜改, 贿赂, 篡改

2. 捣棒, 填塞者, 夯

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 搗棒, 填塞者, 夯

2.
v. intr. - 損害, 削弱, 影響, 竄改, 賄賂
v. tr. - 篡改

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - ~을 주무르다, 참견하다

2.
n. - 참견하는 사람, 메워넣는 막대

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 干渉する, みだりに変更する, 不正取引をする, 買収する, 不正に変更する
n. - 突き固める人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحاول ألتأثير (على شاهد) بالرشوة أو ألترهيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התערב (בעניין) כדי להזיק או לעשות שינויים ללא הסמכה, התעסק, טיפל ב-‬
n. - ‮חומר (מים כבדים ועוד) המשמש למניעת בריחת נייטרונים מכור אטומי‬


 
 

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