Temporal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or limited by time: a temporal dimension; temporal and spatial boundaries.
  • adj. Of or relating to the material world; worldly: the temporal possessions of the Church.
  • adj. Lasting only for a time; not eternal; passing: our temporal existence.
  • adj. Secular or lay; civil: lords temporal and spiritual.
  • adj. Grammar Expressing time: a temporal adverb.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or near the temples of the skull.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or relating to time.
  • adj. Of limited time; not perpetual.
  • adj. Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to spiritual.
  • adj. Lasting a short time only.
  • n. Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.
  • adj. of the temples of the head
  • n. Either of the bones on the side of the skull, near the ears.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the temple or temples
  • adj. Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.
  • adj. Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical.
  • n. Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In ichthyology: Same as hyomandibular.
  • n. Same as pterotic.
  • n. Same as sphenotic, 2.
  • 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.
  • n. Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; a temporal matter or affair.
  • 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.
  • n. The bone of the temple, or os temporis. See temporal bone, above.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or relating to or limited by time
  • adj. not eternal
  • adj. of this earth or world
  • n. the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
  • adj. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
  • adj. of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
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