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Temporal

Definitions: Temporal

Temporal

Adjective

1. Not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt.

2. Of or relating to or limited by time; "temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art".

3. Of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit); "temporal bone".

4. Of the material world; "temporal possessions of the church".

5. Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual".

6. Of this earth or world; "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "temporal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Temporal

DomainDefinitions

Health

One of the two irregular bones forming part of the lateral surfaces and base of the skull, and containing the organs of hearing. (references)

Science

A characteristic that refers to the time at which a given data set was acquired. (references)

Solar

Pertaining to time, such as temporal variation (variation over time). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Temporal

Synonym: worldly (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Temporal

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Laity

Adjective: secular, lay, laical, civil, temporal, profane.

Nobility

Peer, peerage; house of lords, house of peers; lords, lords temporal and spiritual; noblesse; noble, nobleman; lord, lordling; grandee, magnifico, hidalgo; daimio, daimyo, samurai, shizoku; don, donship; aristocrat, swell, three-tailed bashaw; gentleman, squire, squireen, patrician, laureate.

Transientness

Temporal, temporary; provisional, provisory; deciduous; perishable, mortal, precarious, unstable, insecure; impermanent.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Temporal

English words defined with "temporal": anterior temporal arterydeep temporal veinintermediate temporal arterymiddle temporal veinposterior temporal arterysuperficial temporal veintemporal arteritis, temporal artery, temporal muscle, temporal vein. (references)
Specialty definitions using "temporal": ablatio falciformis congenita retinae 2.ablatio falciformis congenitacase based reasoning, Clergyman, Cochlear Aqueduct, congenital retinal septum, Cranial Fossa, Posterior, Cross and Ball, CTLDATA PRODUCT, Dispersion Relation, or Plasma Dispersion Relation, Donation of Pepin, dreamy state epilepsia, dreamy state epilepsyEnvironmental characterization, Epilepsia, external acoustic duct, external auditory meatus, external ear canalFacial Nerve Diseases, Fighting Prelategeology systemHeadache Disorders, Hearing Disorders, Hearing Loss, Central, homonymous hemianopiainternal acoustic duct, internal auditory canal, internal auditory meatus, internal ear canalJubileeLanguage Of Temporal Ordering Specification, least recently used, LTLMeckel cavity, Meckel's cave, Meckel's cavity, middle part of inferior parietal lobule, model checkingpars petrosa, PLTL, Polymyalgia RheumaticaReinforcement ScheduleSEASONALLY DISTINCT LAND COVER REGIONS, Soemmering's spotTEMPLOG, temporal aliasing, Temporal Arteries, temporal coherence, temporal database, temporal logic, temporal reasoning, temporal weighting, Trigeminal Ganglion, turbiditesVestibular Aqueduct, VISUAL AIDSwave interferenceXRONOS. (references)
Etymologies containing "temporal": ContemporaneousExtemporePost-temporaltemporally, Temps. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Temporal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (temporal, temporal bone), German (temporal), Papiamen (provisional, temporary), Portuguese (flaw, gale, gust, laic, storm, tempest, temporal, worldly), Romanian (epoch, temporal), Spanish (reprieve, seasonal, temporal, temporary, term, time), Swedish (temporal).

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Modern Usage: Temporal

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Now, to unleash screaming temporal doom! (Invader ZIM; writing credit: Carel Donck)

The Temporal Prime Directive. (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart)

Temporal folds are not to indulge the whims of lower beings. (Angel; writing credit: Letcia Dornelles)

My wives exist in different temporal aspects of a four-dimensional space-time continuum. (Goodnight Sweetheart; writing credit: Paul Alexander; Simon Braithwaite)

We still think the temporal lobe. (The Exorcist; writing credit: William Peter Blatty)

Movie/TV Titles

Temporal (2002)

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Commercial Usage: Temporal

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Geography of Time: The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist, or How Every Culture Keeps Time Just a Little Bit Differently (reference)

  • History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders (reference)

  • Imaging of the Temporal Bone (reference)

  • Spatio Temporal Chaos and Vacuum Fluctuations of Quantized Fields (reference)

  • Temporal Data and the Relational Model (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

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Image Slideshow: Temporal

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Temporal

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PET scans at the level of the basal ganglia of a normal control (1) case 1 at the start (2) and after treatment with AZT (3). In (1) there is a homogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism in the frontal, temporal and occipital cortex and in the subcortical grey matter. At the onset of treatment with AZT (2) there is a heterogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism with a relative reduction in the posterior temporal and occipital regions and the thalamus. Thirteen weeks after treatment with AZT, the abnormal pattern has partly resolved (3). All images are scaled from zero to 100% of the maximum activity within the slice (scale shown on right of figure).Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

This is a composite HST image taken in visible light showing the temporal evolution of the ...Credit: NASA.

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Familiar Quotations: Temporal

AuthorQuotation

Siddha Nagarjuna

This body, full of faults, has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one's actions.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Temporal

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Otherwise, it resembles temporal or frontal lobe epilepsy. (references)

The disorder may occur alone or with other disorders such as temporal arteritis. (references)

Several components of the NIH support research on vasculitis and temporal arteritis. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

In 1998 following Pope John Paul II's visit, the country's Roman Catholic bishops called on the Government to recognize the Catholic Church's role in civil society and the family, as well as in the temporal areas of work, the economy, the arts, and the scientific and technical worlds. (references)

Economic History

Turkey

The temporal and religious ruling institutions of the old empire (the sultanate and caliphate) were abolished. (references)

The Holy See

The Holy See's diplomatic history began in the fourth century, but the boundaries of the papacy's temporal power have shifted over the centuries. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal ones.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Temporal

"Temporal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 94.59% of the time. "Temporal" is used about 333 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)94.59%31516,262
Noun (singular)4.2%1493,893
Noun (proper)1.2%4175,879
                    Total100.00%333N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Temporal

Expressions using "temporal": anterior temporal artery deep temporal vein intermediate temporal artery language Of Temporal Ordering Specification lords temporal middle temporal vein posterior temporal artery superficial temporal vein temporal adverb temporal aliasing temporal arrangement Temporal Arteries Temporal Arteritis temporal artery Temporal augment temporal bone temporal canthus temporal clause temporal coherence temporal database temporal databases:representation and querying Temporal Lobe temporal lobe epilepsy temporal logic Temporal Muscle temporal order temporal property temporal reasoning temporal relation temporal vein temporal weighting. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "temporal": temporal-directed.

Ending with "temporal": naso-temporal, spatio-temporal.

Containing "temporal": spatio-temporal-causal, spatio-temporal-things.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Temporal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

temporal arteritis

185

temporal lobe epilepsy

88

temporal lobe

46

temporal

44

temporal arthritis

28

temporal lobe seizure

26

mesial sclerosis temporal

14

artery biopsy temporal

13

trabajo temporal

12

temporal artery

12

empresas de trabajo temporal

9

dementia frontal temporal

9

temporal mandibular joint

8

lobulo temporal

8

lobe right temporal

7

temporal logic

7

anterior lobectomy temporal

6

temporal lobe epilepsy symptom

6

left lobe temporal

6

disorder mandibular temporal

6
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Modern Translations: Temporal

Language Translations for "temporal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tëmthor, laik (laic, lay, layman, profane, secular), kalimtar (ephemeral, evanescent, goer, momentary, passerby, passing, pedestrian, temporary, transitional, transitive, transitory, unabiding), i tëmthave, i përkohshëm (acting, impermanent, interim, interjacent, pro tem, temporary, transient, transitional, transitory), i kësaj bote (earthly, mundane, terrestrial, worldly). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مؤقت (interim, jury, provisional, provisory, temporary, tentative, transition, transitory), ‏زمني, ‏زائل (evanescent, impermanent, transient, transitory), ‏علماني (laic, laity, lay, layman, secular, worldly), ‏صدغي, ‏دنيوي (earthly, laity, material, materialistic, mundane, secular, terrestrial, worldly). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съществуващ във времето, свързан с времето, светски (earthbound, earthly, fashionable, fleshly, laic, lay, material, mundane, profane, secular, smart, social, society, terrene, terrestrial, unclerical, world, worldly), слепоочна кост, слепоочен (petrous), ограничен от времето, мирски (profane, secular, unclerical), за време, преходен (caducous, deciduous, fleeting, fugitive, in between, intermediate, passing, temporary, transient, transit, transition, transitional, transitive, transitory, unabiding). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

世俗 (mundane, secular). (various references)

   

Czech

  

temporální, svìtský (mundane, profane, secular), spánkový, doèasný (provisional, temporary, transitory), èasový (chronological). (various references)

   

Danish

  

temporallap (temporal lobe), tindingephlegmone (temporal phlegmon), temporal logik (temporal logic), temporale del af musculus epicranii temporoparietalis (temporal part of the temporoparietal epicranius muscle), temporallapsepilepsi (psychomotor epilepsy, temporal-lobe epilepsy), temporallapshernie (temporal hernia), temporallaps-Pick (Pick disease with temporal lobe atrophy), tidsafhængig ræsonnering (temporal reasoning, time-dependent reasoning), tidsmæssig koherens (temporal coherence), tidsmaessig virkning (temporal scope), tindingeben (temporal bone), tindingelap (temporal lobe), temporale databaser:repræsentation og forespørgsler (temporal databases:representation and querying), store kilebensvinge (temporal wing), kortvarig impuls (temporal pulse), arteria temporalis anterior syndrom (syndrome of the anterior temporal artery), arteria temporalis media (middle temporal artery), arteriae temporales profundae (deep temporal arteries), arteritis temporalis (Arteritis temporalis, temporal arteritis), fasekoherens (temporal coherence), fossa temporalis (temporal fossa), operculum temporale (temporal operculum), os temporale (temporal bone), os temporalis-bank (temporal bone bank), pars petrosa ossis temporalis (petrosal part of the temporal bone, pyramid), pars temporalis coronae radiatae (temporal part of the corona radiata), arteria temporalis anterior (anterior temporal artery), pyramis (petrosal part of the temporal bone, pyramid), psykomotorisk anfald (psychomotor attack, temporal pseudo-absentia). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tijdpuls (temporal pulse), tijdafhankelijk redeneren (temporal reasoning, time-dependent reasoning), temporele werkingssfeer (temporal scope), temporele logica (temporal logic), temporele gegevensbanken:representatie en raadpleging (temporal databases:representation and querying), slaapgroeve (temporal fossa), arteria temporalis profunda anterior et posterior (deep temporal arteries), arteritis temporalis (Arteritis temporalis, temporal arteritis), fossa temporalis (temporal fossa), lobus temporalis (temporal lobe), middelste slaapslagader (middle temporal artery), operculum temporale (temporal operculum), arteria temporalis media (middle temporal artery), slaapbeen (temporal bone), ziekte van Pick (constrictive pericarditis, Pick disease with temporal lobe atrophy), voorste en achterste diepgelegen slaapslagader (deep temporal arteries), pyramis (petrosal part of the temporal bone, pyramid). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

maallinen (earthly, mundane, secular), ajallinen (mundane), aineellinen (material). (various references)

   

French

  

temporel, temporal (temporal bone), temporaire (temporary). (various references)

   

German

  

zeitlich (chronologic, chronological, chronologically, seasonal, temporale, temporally, time, transitory). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κροταφικόσ, κοσμικόσ (cosmic, laic, lay, mundane, secular, secularistic, worldly), πρόσκαιροσ (impermanent), χρονικόσ (of time). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

של "עולם "ז" (terrestrial), זמ י (interim, passing, pro tempore, provisional, temporary, tentative), חלו י (laic, lay, profane, secular, secularist, worldly), כל" (betrothed, bride, daughter in law, ephemeral, transitory), בן חלוף (mortal), בר חלוף, רקתי, צ"עי. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

világi (carnal, laic, laical, lay, secular, wordly, worldly). (various references)

   

Italian

  

temporale (convective rain, electric storm, lightning storm, rainstorm, storm, thunderstorm, thundery). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

過現未 (present and future, three temporal states of existence), 側 葉 (temporal lobe). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

そくとうよう (temporal lobe), か'"み (present and future, three temporal states of existence). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

일시 (Casual, Episodic, transient). (various references)

   

Manx

  

seihllt (earthy, profane, secular, terrestrial, worldly), cherraghtagh (perishable), baaishagh (frontal, imprudent). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

emporaltay

   

Portuguese

  

temporal (flaw, gale, gust, laic, storm, tempest, whole gale, worldly), secular (archaic, centenary, laic, laicize, lay, lay off, profane, secular, time worn, worldly), profano (abysmal, outsider, profane, unhallowed, unholy, worldly), mundano (carnal, earthly, mundane, terrestrial, worldly, worldly-minded), leigo (laic, laical, lay, layman, outsider, profane), civil (citizen, civic, civil, civilian, gownsman). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

temporal (epoch), vremelnic (ephemeral, fleeting, temporarily, temporary, transient, transitory), lumesc (bodily, earth-bound, earthly, earthy, fleshly, mundane, profane, secular, worldly). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

временный (dummy, impermanent, interim, make-do, makeshift, provisional, service, temporary, time division). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

temporalan, zemaljski (earthborn, earthly, mundane, tellurian, terrene, terrestrial, worldly), vremenski (time, weather), svetovni (lay, terrene), privremen (provisional, temporary, transitory). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

temporal (fresh gale, gale, reprieve, seasonal, storm, temporary, term, time). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tinning-, timlig, tids-, temporal, värdslig (wordly). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เกี่ยวกับขมับ, ชั่วคราว (temporary), ที่เกี่ยวกับทางโลก. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zamana ait, zaman belirten, maddi (concrete, corporeal, earthbound, earthly, earthy, material, materialistic, matter of fact, pecuniary, physical, tangible, worldly), geçici (ad interim, Band aid, casual, curable, deciduous, ephemeral, extrinsic, fading, flying, fortuitous, fugacious, impermanent, interim, interlocutory, jury, makeshift, momentary, palliative, passing, pro forma, provisional, provisory, provo, stopgap, temporary, tentative, transient, transitory, volatile), dünyevi (carnal, earth-born, earthly, earthy, fleshly, mundane, secular, worldly), şakak kemiği ile ilgili, şakak kemiği, şakak (temple). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

скронева кістка, скронева артерія, скроневий, часовий, цивільний (civic, civil, civilian, private), тимчасовий (ambulatory, caducous, casual, extempore, improvised, interim, jury, makeshift, provisional, provisory, seasonal, stopgap, temporary). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

xương thái dương. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

tymhorol, amserol (timely). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Temporal

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

arteritis temporalis, temporalis, terrenus, terrenus-a-um. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Temporal

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 10, Verse 39
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintO eurwn thn yuchn autou apolesei authn kai o apolesaV thn yuchn autou eneken emou eurhsei authn
Latin405VulgateQui invenit animam suam perdet illam et qui perdiderit animam suam propter me inveniet eam
Old English990West SaxonSe þe met hys sawle se for-spilð hyo.& se þe for-spylð his sawle for me he ge-methyo.
Middle English1395WyclifHe that fyndith his soule, that is, temporal lyf, shal leese it; and he that lesith his soule, `that is, lif, for me, shal fynde it.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleHe that fyndeth hys lyfe shall lose it: and he that losith hys lyfe for my sake shall fynde it.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHe that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Victorian English1833WebsterHe that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.
Basic English1964OgdenHe who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

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Matched Bible Translations: Temporal

LanguageMatthew Chapter 10, Verse 39
BulgarianКойто намери живота си, ще го изгуби; и който изгуби живота си, заради Мене, ще го намери.
CebuanoAng makakaplag sa iyang kinabuhi kawagtangan himoon niini; apan ang magawagtang sa iyang kinabuhi tungod kanako, makakaplag ra niini.
Chinese得 著 " 命 的 、 將 要 失 喪 " 命 . 為 我 失 喪 " 命 的 、 將 要 得 著 " 命 。
CroatianTko naðe život svoj, izgubit æe ga, a tko izgubi svoj život poradi mene, naæi æe ga."
DanishDen, som bjærger sit Liv, skal miste det; og den, som mister sit Liv for min Skyld, skal bjærge det.
DutchDie zijn ziel vindt, zal dezelve verliezen; en die zijn ziel zal verloren hebben om Mijnentwil, zal dezelve vinden.
FinnishJoka löytää elämänsä, kadottaa sen; ja joka kadottaa elämänsä minun tähteni, hän löytää sen.
FrenchCelui qui conservera sa vie la perdra, et celui qui perdra sa vie cause de moi la retrouvera.
GermanWer sein Leben findet, der wird's verlieren; und wer sein Leben verliert um meinetwillen, der wird's finden.
Haitian CreoleMoun k'ap chache asire lavi l' va pèdi li. Men, moun ki va pèdi lavi l' poutèt mwen va jwenn li ankò.
HungarianA ki megtalálja az õ életét, elveszti azt; és a ki elveszti az õ életét én érettem, megtalálja azt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariOrang yang mempertahankan hidupnya, akan kehilangan hidupnya, tetapi orang yang kehilangan hidupnya karena setia kepada-Ku, akan mendapat hidupnya."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSiapa yang memeliharakan nyawanya, ia akan kehilangan nyawa; dan siapa yang kehilangan nyawanya oleh sebab Aku, ialah akan mendapat nyawa.
ItalianChi avr trovato la sua vita, la perder : e chi avr perduto la sua vita per causa mia, la trover .
Korean자 기 목 숨 을 얻 " 자 " 잃 을 것 이 " 나 를 위 하 여 자 기 목 숨 을 잃 " 자 " 얻 으 리 라
LatvianKas savu dzîvîbu iegûst, pazaudç to; bet kas savu dzîvîbu pazaudçs manis dçï, atradîs to.
Manx GaelicEshyn ta aggindagh e vioys y hauail, caillee eh eh: agh eshyn chaillys e vioys er my ghraih's, nee eh eh y hauail.
MaoriKo te tangata i whiwhi ki te ora e mate ano ia: a, kite mate tetahi mona i whakaaro ki ahau, ka whiwhi ano ia ki te ora.
Modern GreekΟστις ευρη την ζωην αυτου θελει απολεσει αυτην, και οστις απολεση την ζωην αυτου δι' εμε θελει ευρει αυτην.
NorwegianDen som finner sitt liv, skal miste det, og den som mister sitt liv for min skyld, skal finne det.
PortugueseQuem achar a sua vida perdê-la-á, e quem perder a sua vida por amor de mim achá-la-á.   
RumanianCine kwi va pqstra viaya, o va pierde; wi cine kwi va pierde viaya, pentru Mine, o va ckwtiga.
Russianу'ЕТЕЗЫЙК "ХЫХ УЧПА ПФЕТСЕФ ЕЕ; Б ПФЕТСЧЫЙК "ХЫХ УЧПА ТБ"Й нЕОС У'ЕТЕЦЕФ ЕЕ.
ShuarAya Jú nunkanam pénker pujustaj tana nu ni iwiaakmarin emesrattawai. Tura Winia anentu asa ju nunkanam pénker pujustinian Páchiatsna nu tuke shiir pujustatui.'
SpanishEl que halla su vida la perderá, y el que pierde su vida por mi causa la hallará.
SwahiliAnayeyashikilia maisha yake, atayapoteza; lakini anayeyapoteza maisha yake kwa ajili yangu, atayapata.
SwedishDen som finner sitt liv, han skall mista det, och den som mister sitt liv, för min skull, han skall finna det. --
Thaiผู้ที่จะเอาชีวิตของตนรอ"จะกลับเสียชีวิต แต่ผู้ที่สู้เสียชีวิตของตนเพราะเห็นแก่เราก็จะไ"้ชีวิตรอ"
UkrainianХто душу свою зберіга", той погубить її, хто ж за Мене погубить душу свою, той знайде її.
UmaHema to mpobahaka konoa-na moto pai' mpotuku' -a nau' rapatehi-i mpai', hi'a-mi to mporata katuwua' to lompe'. Aga hema to mpentaei konoa-na moto, uma-i mpai' mporata katuwua' to lompe'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Temporal

Derivations

Words beginning with "temporal": temporalities, temporality, temporalize, temporalized, temporalizes, temporalizing, temporally, temporals. (additional references)

Words ending with "temporal": atemporal, extemporal, nontemporal, spatiotemporal. (additional references)

Words containing "temporal": extemporally, nontemporals, spatiotemporally. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Temporal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atemporal, Bemporad, emporal, Tambora, tempor, tempora, temporals, temporaly, temporial, temporis, temporl, temporum, tempra, tempral, tempural, tumoural. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Temporal"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "temporal" (pronounced te"mperul)
4-p er u lCorporal.
3-er u ladmiral, agricultural, architectural, behavioral, bilateral, collateral, countercultural, cultural, doctoral, doggerel, electoral, ephemeral, federal, femoral, funeral, Gen, general, guttural, horticultural, humoral, inaugural, intercultural, lateral, liberal, literal, littoral, mackerel, mayoral, mineral, multicultural, multilateral, natural, neoliberal, nomenclatural, nonagricultural, numeral, pastoral, pectoral, peripheral, pickerel, postdoctoral, prefectural, procedural, scriptural, sculptural, sectoral, structural, supernatural, trilateral, unilateral, unnatural, visceral.

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Anagrams: Temporal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-l-m-o-p-r-t"

-1 letter: marplot, premolt, prolate, rampole, templar, trample.

-2 letters: ampler, armlet, merlot, molter, morale, mortal, palmer, palter, parole, patrol, pelota, petrol, plater, portal, protea, replot, tamper, tramel, trompe.

-3 letters: alert, alter, amole, amort, ample, aport, apter, armet, artel, lamer, later, leapt, lepta, loper, maple, mater, metal, metro, molar, moper, morae, moral, morel, motel, oater, opera, orate, paler, palet, pareo, parle, parol, pater, pearl, peart, petal, plate, pleat, polar, poler, prate, proem, prole, ramet, ratel, realm, remap, repot, taler, tamer, taper, tempo, tepal, tolar, toper, tramp, tromp, trope.

-4 letters: aero, alme, aloe, alto, aper, atom, atop, earl, lame, lamp, late, leap, lear, lept, loam, lope, lore, lota, male, malt, mare, marl, mart, mate, meal, meat, melt, merl, meta, moat, mola, mole, molt, mope, mora, more, mort, mote, olea, omer, opal, oral, orle, pale, palm, pare, part, pate, peal, pear, peat, pelt, perm, pert, plat, plea, plot, poem, poet, pole, pome, pore, port, pram, prao, prat, proa, prom, rale, ramp, rape, rapt, rate, rato, real, ream, reap, repo, roam, role, romp, rope, rota, rote, rotl, tael, tale, tame, tamp, tape, tare, taro, tarp, teal, team, tear, tela, temp, tepa, term, toea, tola, tole, tome, tope, tora, tore, tram, trap, trop.

-5 letters: ale, alp, alt, amp, ape, apt, are, arm, art, ate, ear, eat, elm, era, eta, lam, lap, lar, lat, lea, let, lop, lot, mae, map, mar, mat, mel, met, moa, mol, mop, mor, mot, oar, oat, ole, ope, opt, ora, ore, ort, pal, pam, par, pat, pea, per, pet, pol, pom, pot, pro, ram, rap, rat, rem, rep, ret, roe, rom, rot, tae, tam, tao, tap, tar, tea, tel, toe, tom, top, tor.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m-o-p-r-t"
 

+1 letter: atemporal, patrolmen, temporals.

 

+2 letters: extemporal, importable, petrolatum, promotable, promulgate, protonemal, temporally, trampoline, treponemal.

 

+3 letters: hypothermal, lepromatous, nontemporal, patelliform, peristomial, petrolatums, polarimeter, polarimetry, problematic, promulgated, promulgates, proximately, temporality, temporalize, temporarily, trampoliner, trampolines.

 

+4 letters: cephalometry, contemplator, ergastoplasm, extemporally, imperatorial, laparotomies, metaphorical, metropolitan, nontemporals, perambulator, polarimeters, polarimetric, postimperial, preformulate, problematics, protonematal, semitropical, somatopleure, spermatozoal, temporalized, temporalizes, trampoliners.

 

+5 letters: amphiprostyle, approximately, campylobacter, cephalometric, comparatively, compartmental, complementary, complimentary, contemplators, ergastoplasms, extemporarily, impersonality, importunately, interproximal, metallography, metropolitans, microparticle, perambulation, perambulators, perambulatory, permutational, petrochemical, plethysmogram, polarimetries, postembryonal, predominantly, predominately, preformulated, preformulates, primatologies, problematical, recompilation, somatopleures, sportsmanlike, superdiplomat, temporalities, temporalizing, thermoplastic, unproblematic, wafflestomper, xerophthalmia, xerophthalmic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Temporal


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 65 6D 70 6F 72 61 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .    --    .--.    ---    .-.    .-    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100101 01101101 01110000 01101111 01110010 01100001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#109 &#112 &#111 &#114 &#97 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 006D 0070 006F 0072 0061 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5471798281846778

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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