- (formal)
connected with the real physical world, not spiritual matters 世间的;世俗的;现世的 - (formal)
connected with or limited by time 时间的 a universe which has spatial and temporal dimensions 有时空维度的宇宙
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anatomy )解剖学 near the temple(s) at the side of the head 太阳穴的;颞的 the right temporal lobe of the brain 大脑右颞叶
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Old French temporel or Latin temporalis, from tempus, tempor- ‘time’.sense 3 late Middle English: from late Latin temporalis, from tempora ‘the temples’, plural of tempus ‘temple of the head’.