temporal
/'tempərəl/
Definition
Adjective:
- Relating to time: Pertaining to the sequence of events, the measurement of duration, or the concept of time itself.
- Relating to worldly or secular matters: Concerned with the physical, material, and practical affairs of this life, as opposed to spiritual or eternal concerns.
- Relating to the temples of the head: Of or connected to the region on the side of the skull behind the eye.
Noun:
- A semantic role: In linguistics, the role of a noun phrase that indicates the time when the action or state expressed by the verb occurs.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Relating to time):
- The temporal order of events is crucial to understanding the story.
- Music is a temporal art form; it unfolds over time.
- Adjective (Relating to worldly matters):
- The king was concerned with both spiritual and temporal affairs of the kingdom.
- He focused on temporal gains rather than spiritual growth.
- Adjective (Relating to the temples):
- The patient experienced pain in the temporal region of her head.
- The temporal bone is part of the human skull.
- Noun (Semantic role):
- In the sentence "She arrived on Tuesday," the phrase "on Tuesday" serves as a temporal.
Advanced Usage
- Temporal lobe: A major region of the brain located beneath the temples, involved in processing auditory information, memory, and language.
- Damage to the temporal lobe can affect speech comprehension.
- Temporal resolution: A term used in science and technology to describe the precision of a measurement with respect to time.
- High-speed cameras have excellent temporal resolution, capturing rapid events clearly.
Variants and Related Words
- Temporally (adverb): In a way that relates to time.
- The two events are temporally linked.
- Temporality (noun): The state of existing within or having some relationship with time.
- The philosopher wrote about the human experience of temporality.
- Extratemporal (adjective): Outside of or unrelated to time; or, located outside the temporal lobe of the brain.
- Temporal power: Secular or political authority, as opposed to spiritual authority.
Synonyms
- For : chronological, sequential, time-related.
- For : secular, earthly, mundane, material, profane.
- For : (no common synonym; anatomical term).
Antonyms
- For : spiritual, eternal, religious, sacred.
- For : atemporal, timeless, eternal.
Adjective
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of this earth or world
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temporal joys
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our temporal existence
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characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
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worldly goods and advancement
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temporal possessions of the church
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of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
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temporal bone
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of or relating to or limited by time
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temporal processing
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temporal dimensions
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temporal and spacial boundaries
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music is a temporal art
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not eternal
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temporal matters of but fleeting moment- F.D.Roosevelt
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Noun
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the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
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