temporal meaning
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[ˈtɛmp.ɜː(ɹ).əl] WTemporal
- Temporal can refer to time, or to material existence and secularity, or to the temple in anatomy. Below is a list of possible uses.
- NounPLtemporals
- (chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.
- (anatomy) Either of the bones on the side of the skull, near the ears.
- Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.
- (chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.
- AdjectiveCOMmore temporalSUPmost temporal
- (also grammar) Of or relating to time.
- Of limited time; not perpetual.
- Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to spiritual.
- Lasting a short time only.
- Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical.
- temporal power; temporal courts
- of the temples of the head.
- (also grammar) Of or relating to time.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- This model has been widely used for the study of the pathogenesis of temporal lobe epilepsy and to evaluate potential antiepileptogenic drugs.
- One patient reported a temporal association between the introduction of pramipexol and the onset of sleep attacks.
- Many state-of-the-art geoparsers and temporal parsers suffer from low recall.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of temporal in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- en temporalities
- en temporality
- en temporals
- en temporalty
- en temporally
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "temporal" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.