temporal
/ˈtɛm.pə.ɹəl/ adjective C2- 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
- Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.
- Lasting for a short time only.
- Of or relating to time as distinguished from space.
- Of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time.
- Relating to or denoting time or tense.
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Many of us have experienced mild disruptions to our sleep patterns, occasionally waking with a peculiar sense of temporal confusion.
My dearest Julian, your recent dispatch from the damp confines of Bloomsbury arrived this morning, bringing a profound sense of temporal displacement to my sunlit breakfast table.
He utilized the temporal gaps between installments to meticulously gauge public sentiment, effectively transforming solitary composition into a collaborative enterprise.
Within a remarkably short temporal span, a distinct and relatively uniform colonial accent had successfully crystallized among the native-born youth.
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