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Definition of Temporal

1. Noun. The semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb.

2. Adjective. Not eternal. "Temporal matters of but fleeting moment"

3. Adjective. Of or relating to or limited by time. "Music is a temporal art"

4. Adjective. Of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit). "Temporal bone"

5. Adjective. Characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world. "Temporal possessions of the church"

6. Adjective. Of this earth or world. "Our temporal existence"

Definition of Temporal

1. a. Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.

2. a. Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.

3. n. Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Definition of Temporal

1. a bone of the skull [n -S]

Medical Definition of Temporal

1. Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery. Temporal bone, 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 basal petrosal and mastoid portion, corresponding to the periotic and tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates. Origin: L. Temporalis, fr. Tempora the temples: cf. F. Temporal. See Temple a part of the head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporal

templet Templetonia Templetonia retusa templets Temple of Apollo Temple of Artemis Temple of Jerusalem Temple of Solomon temple orange temple orange tree

temple tree tempo tempolabile tempora temporal (current term) temporal (current term) temporalis temporalis temporalis muscle temporalities

temporality temporalize temporalized temporalizes temporalizing temporally temporals temporalty temporal aponeurosis temporal apophysis

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