temporal

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or limited by time: a temporal dimension; temporal and spatial boundaries.
2. Of or relating to the material world; worldly: the temporal possessions of the Church.
3. Lasting only for a time; not eternal; passing: our temporal existence.
4. Secular or lay; civil: lords temporal and spiritual.
5. Grammar. Expressing time: a temporal adverb.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin temporālis, from tempus, tempor-, time.]

temporally tem'po·ral·ly adv.
tem·po·ral² (tĕm'pər-əl, tĕm'prəl)
adj.

Of, relating to, or near the temples of the skull.

[Late Latin temporālis, from Latin tempora, pl. of tempus, temple.]

Having to do with time. Contrast with "spatial," which deals with space.

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adjective

1. Relating to or characteristic of the earth or of human life on earth: earthbound, earthen, earthly, earthy, mundane, secular, tellurian, telluric, terrene, terrestrial, worldly. See body/spirit, culture/nature, place.
2. Lasting or existing only for a short time: ephemeral, evanescent, fleet, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory. See continue/stop/pause, time.
3. Not religious in subject matter, form, or use: lay², profane, secular, worldly. See sacred/profane.

adj

Definition: material, worldly
Antonyms: mental, otherworldly, spiritual

adj

Definition: momentary
Antonyms: endless, lasting, permanent, perpetual, persistent

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1. Pertaining to the temple.

2. Pertaining to time.

1. pertaining to the temple. Said of bones and muscles—see Tables 10 and 13.
2. pertaining to time; limited as to time; temporary.

• t. distribution — distribution of events or population in chronological time; a suitable scatter graph may reveal clusters that have epidemiological significance.
• t. lobe — a long, tongue-shaped process constituting the lower lateral portion of the cerebral hemisphere.
• t. summation — occurs in the transmission of nerve impulses when a volley of impulses arrives at a synapse so that the duration of the impulses is briefer than the postsynaptic potential and their deliveries of transmitter are combined to create a larger than normal response.

IN BRIEF: Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life. Also: Having to do with time.

Temporal possessions may vanish as the dew. — unknown

Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - verdslig, jordisk, tids-, tidsmæssig

2.
adj. - hørende til tindingen, tindinge-

Nederlands (Dutch)
tijdelijk, door de tijd bepaald, niet-kerkelijk, slaapbeen

Français (French)
1.
adj. - temporel

2.
adj. - (Anat) temporal

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - weltlich, zeitlich, temporal

2.
adj. - Schläfen-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χρονικός, του χρόνου, (θρησκ.) εγκόσμιος, εξωεκκλησιαστικός

Italiano (Italian)
temporale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - temporal, secular, profano, leigo

Русский (Russian)
временной, бренный, мирской, земной, светский, (анат.) височный

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - temporal

2.
adj. - temporal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - temporal, tids-, världslig, jordisk, timlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 时间的, 世间的, 暂存的, 非永恒的, 短暂的, 世俗的

2. 太阳穴的, 颞的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
adj. - 太陽穴的, 顳的

2.
adj. - 時間的, 世間的, 暫存的, 非永恆的, 短暫的, 世俗的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 속세의, 시간의, 잠시의

2.
adj. - 관자놀이 뼈, 측두골

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 時の, 時を示す, この世の, 現世の, 俗界の, 世俗の
n. - 時制の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) دنيوي, زمني, زائل, موءقت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זמני, מוגבל בזמן, של זמן, חילוני, של חולין, של העולם הזה‬
adj. - ‮נמצא ברקות (אנטומיה), צדעי, רקתי‬

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