temporalis

Meaning

  1. (Late-Latin, declension-3, post-Augustan, two-termination, usually) of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal
  2. (Late-Latin, declension-3, post-Augustan, relational, two-termination, usually) of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal
  3. (Late-Latin, declension-3, relational, two-termination) of or pertaining to the temples of the head

Opposite of
perpetuus
Synonyms

temporarius

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[tɛm.pɔˈraː.lɪs]
Etymology

From tempus (“time; the temples of the head”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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