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Meaning of temporal

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  temporal
      adj 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: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed
         to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement";
         "temporal possessions of the church" [syn: {worldly},
         {secular}, {temporal}] [ant: {unworldly}]
      5: of this earth or world; "temporal joys"; "our temporal
         existence"
      n 1: the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the
           time of the state or action denoted by the verb [syn:
           {temporal role}, {temporal}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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