of or relating to or limited by time; temporal processing; temporal dimensions; temporal and spacial boundaries; music is a temporal art'

of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit); temporal bone'

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 ]

the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb

[ Syn: temporal role ]

not eternal; temporal matters of but fleeting moment- F.D.Roosevelt

of this earth or world; temporal joys; our temporal existence'