Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the temple or temples of the head: said chiefly of mammals and especially of man.
- In entomology, postorbital; situated just behind or beneath the compound eyes.
- noun The bone of the temple, or os temporis. See
temporal bone , above. - Of or pertaining to time; expressing relations of time: as, a temporal clause; a temporal adverb.
- Of or pertaining to time in the sense of the present life or this world; secular: distinguished from
spiritual . - Measured or limited by time, or by this life or this state of things; having limited existence; of short duration; enduring for a time: opposed to eternal.
- In grammar, relating to a tense, or to the distinction of time expressed by tenses.
- 2 and Temporary, Temporal. Temporary, lasting but a short time: as, a temporary staging; temporal, belonging to time, hence belonging to this world, secular, or limited by time, not permanent, although perhaps not so fleeting as temporary things.
- noun Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; a temporal matter or affair.
- noun In ichthyology: Same as
hyomandibular . - noun Same as
pterotic . - noun Same as
sphenotic , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the temple or temples
- adjective a very complex bone situated in the side of the skull of most mammals and containing the organ of hearing. It consists of an expanded
squamosal portion above the ear, corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma of the lower vertebrates, and a thickened basalpetrosal andmastoid portion, corresponding to the periotic and tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates. - adjective Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from
sacred oreternal . - adjective Civil or political, as distinguished from
ecclesiastical . - adjective See under
Lord , n. - adjective See the Note under
Augment , n. - noun Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to
time . - adjective Of
limited time; notperpetual . - adjective Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to
spiritual . - adjective
Lasting a short time only. - noun Anything temporal or
secular ; atemporality . - adjective of the
temples of the head - noun anatomy Either of the
bones on the side of theskull , near theears .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or limited by time
- adjective not eternal
- adjective of this earth or world
- noun the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
- adjective characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
- adjective of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
Etymologies
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Examples
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˜temporal part™ (see section 2), and it raises a methodological issue: should ˜temporal part™ be defined in such a way that presentists can believe in temporal parts, or not?
Temporal Parts Hawley, Katherine 2004
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And the other benefit that we have, Alina, is that this is what I call a temporal event.
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In what we call our temporal life God gets only a formal recognition, while Mammon is the referee.
The Conquest of Fear Basil King 1893
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He is sovereign over all parts of what we call the temporal and the eternal.
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He is sovereign over all parts of what we call the temporal and the eternal.
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It allows us to then place structures in temporal order, examine individual transitions and make relevant predictions.
A New Book 2010
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He is head over all, in temporal and spiritual matters, and all business and lawsuits are settled by him, as the supreme authority.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Road To Science Fiction 1 - James Gunn Blue Tyson 2008
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Death is only a power over us because we are in temporal state of existence.
Must Watch: Bill Maher's Religulous Trailer! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Since the early 19th century, however, there has been an overall warming trend [25], although with clear evidence of both spatial variability and shorter-term temporal variability [26].
Late-Quaternary changes in arctic terrestrial ecosystems, climate, and ultraviolet radiation levels 2009
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Similarly, the temporal continuum imputed on the basis of such no-longer-happening, presently-happening, and not-yet-happening temporal intervals is also merely what the mental label temporal continuum refers to on their basis, without there being any such findable referent “thing” as a “temporal continuum.”
Prolagus commented on the word temporal
I've heard a few people (*) pronounce it temPOral instead of TEMporal. Has anyone else ever heard that? Could it be an accepted variant? Chelster? Anyone?
(*) In particular, biologists in my PhD program, when referring to phylogenetic methods (maybe mollusque can help?).
February 23, 2011
bilby commented on the word temporal
I've only heard it as tem-POR-al.
February 24, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word temporal
I say it with a sort of U sound in the middle--no L at the end. I'm especially fond of sweet potato temporal, but big slices of carrots are yummy, too.
February 24, 2011
yarb commented on the word temporal
Have you tried lords temporal, ruzuzu? They're a bit like prawns, but not as juicy.
February 24, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word temporal
Ah, delicious fried time lord--no wonder Dr. Who is the last of his kind.
February 24, 2011
reesetee commented on the word temporal
*suddenly has an unreasonable urge to scream "Exterminate! Exterminate!*
March 1, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word temporal
Just to clarify: by TEMporal I mean both Mr. Pronunciation's and chelster's pronunciations.
March 29, 2011