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1. (adj.) temporal
of or pertaining to time.
2. temporal
pertaining to the present life; worldly:
temporal joys.
3. temporal
temporary or transitory, as opposed to eternal.
4. temporal
of or pertaining to verb tenses or the expression of time:
a temporal adverb.
5. temporal
secular, lay, or civil, as opposed to ecclesiastical.
6. (n.) temporal
a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
7. temporal
a temporal matter or affair.
8. (adj.) temporal
of, pertaining to, or situated near the temple or a temporal bone.
9. (n.) temporal
any of several parts in the temporal region, esp. the temporal bone.
Etymology: (1535–45; < LL temporālis= L tempor-, s. of tempustemple2+-ālis -al1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) temporal role, temporal
the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
2. (adj) temporal
not eternal
"temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt
3. (adj) temporal
of or relating to or limited by time
"temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art"
4. (adj) temporal
of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
"temporal bone"
5. (adj) worldly, secular, temporal
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
"worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"
6. (adj) temporal
of this earth or world
"temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) temporal
of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery
2. (noun) temporal
of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal
3. (noun) temporal
civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts
4. (noun) temporal
anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural
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