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TEMPORAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does temporal mean?
• TEMPORAL (noun)
The noun TEMPORAL has 1 sense:
1. the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
Familiarity information: TEMPORAL used as a noun is very rare.
• TEMPORAL (adjective)
The adjective TEMPORAL has 5 senses:
1. not eternal
2. of or relating to or limited by time
3. of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
4. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
5. of this earth or world
Familiarity information: TEMPORAL used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
temporal; temporal role
Hypernyms ("temporal" is a kind of...):
participant role; semantic role ((linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not eternal
Context example:
temporal matters of but fleeting moment
Similar:
impermanent; temporary (not permanent; not lasting)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or limited by time
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
music is a temporal art
Pertainym:
time (the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
temporal bone
Pertainym:
temple (the flat area on either side of the forehead)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
Synonyms:
Context example:
temporal possessions of the church
Similar:
economic (concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money))
material (concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests)
materialistic; mercenary; worldly-minded (marked by materialism)
mundane; terrestrial (concerned with the world or worldly matters)
Also:
earthly (of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven)
profane; secular (not concerned with or devoted to religion)
sophisticated (having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Of this earth or world
Context example:
our temporal existence
Similar:
earthly (of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven)
Context examples
The process that establishes the temporal order of the replication of segments of DNA along a chromosome or in an entire genome.
(DNA Replication Timing, NCI Thesaurus)
Removal of a portion of the temporal artery for microscopic examination.
(Biopsy of Temporal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
An aggressive epithelial neoplasm arising from the temporal bone.
(Endolymphatic Sac Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
People with temporal lobe epilepsy often experience memory impairments.
(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)
A superficial blood vessel within the brain that drains the temporal lobe.
(Inferior Anastomotic Vein of the Labbe, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in spatial and temporal regulation of gene expression during embryonic development.
(HOXA7 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
A syndrome caused by progressive degeneration of the frontal or temporal lobes of the brain.
(Frontotemporal Dementia, NCI Thesaurus)
A convolution in the temporal lobe between the interparietal sulcus and the central sulcus.
(Ascending Parietal Convolution, NCI Thesaurus)
Excision of the apex of the petrous portion of the temporal bone.
(Apicectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
Treatment modality used to increase the delivery of chemotherapeutic agents and monoclonal antibodies to the central nervous system tissue through temporal disruption of the blood brain barrier.
(Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Chemotherapy, NCI Thesaurus)
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