adjective · rare

temporal

temporal · more temporal · most temporal

тимчасовий, світський, мирський, часовий

временный, светский, мирской, временной

temporär, vorübergehend, zeitweilig, weltlich

Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clericalOf or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.

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/ˈtɛm.pə.ɹəl/

» Our memories are stored in the temporal-lobe of the brain.

Unsere Erinnerungen sind im Schläfenlappen des Gehirns gespeichert.

Наші спогади зберігаються в скроневій частці мозку.

Meaning

7 senses

(not comparable, relational, usually)Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.
temporal power, temporal courts
The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled
diesseitig, weltlich
све́тскийsvétskij, мирско́йmirskój
сві́тськийsvítsʹkyj, мирськи́йmyrsʹkýj
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
Relating to time:
(not comparable, relational, usually)Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.
zeitweilig, vorübergehend, temporär
вре́менныйvrémennyj
тимчасо́вийtymčasóvyj
of or relating to or limited by time
Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.
(euphemistic, not comparable, relational, usually)Lasting for a short time only.
temporär
преходя́щийprexodjáščij
Relating to time:
(not comparable, relational, usually)Of or relating to time as distinguished from space.
(not comparable, relational, usually)Of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time.
(not comparable, relational, usually)Relating to or denoting time or tense.
(not comparable, relational)Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits.
Schläfen-
висо́чныйvisóčnyj
скроневийskronevyj
of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)

Examples

4 sentences

Our memories are stored in the temporal-lobe of the brain.
Наші спогади зберігаються в скроневій частці мозку. — Ahha
deUnsere Erinnerungen sind im Schläfenlappen des Gehirns gespeichert. — Yorwba
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I have temporal-lobe epilepsy.
deIch habe Temporallappenepilepsie. — Yorwba
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It took Tom a while to understand the rules of temporal sequence in indirect speech.
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When I swallow I feel an intense pain caused by my elongated temporal styloid process. My condition is called "Eagle Syndrome".
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 4

of or relating to time:

of or relating to the material world:

of limited time:

relating to the temples:

Русский

By meaning 5

of or relating to time:

of or relating to the material world:

of limited time:

lasting a short time only:

relating to the temples:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

of or relating to time:

of or relating to the material world:

of limited time:

relating to the temples:

Origin

From Middle English temporal, temporel (“transitory, worldly, material, of secular society

From Middle English temporal, temporel (“transitory, worldly, material, of secular society”), from Old French temporel or Latin temporālis (“of time (in grammar), temporary, relating to time as opposed to eternity”), from tempus (“time, period, opportunity”) + -ālis.

From Middle English, from Middle French timporal, temporal, from Late Latin temporālis, from tempora (“the temples of the head”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of temporalis.

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