Temporal

Temporal can refer to time, or to material existence and secularity, or to the temple in anatomy. Below is a list of possible uses.

Science and technology

• Temporal database, a database recording aspects of time-varying values
• Temporal logic, a variety of formal systems for reasoning about time
• Temporal paradox in hypothetical time travel
• Temporal coupling in computer programming

Existence

• Temporal condition (mortality), see Death

Philosophy

• Temporality
• Temporal actual entity, see Process and Reality#Whitehead's actual entities
• Temporal worldview, see Materialism

Psychology

• Temporal anxiety, see Death anxiety (psychology)

Religion

• Temporal punishment, see Indulgence
• Temporal concerns, see Economic materialism
• The Temporal power (papal) of the Popes of the Roman Catholic Church
• The Lords Temporal, secular members of the House of Lords
• Temporality (ecclesiastical), secular possessions of the Church

Grammar

• Temporal clause, a type of dependent adverbial clause indicating the timing of an action, e.g. "She was talking to her sister [while I was on the phone]".

Security (fire)

• Code-3 temporal pattern, fire alarm notification appliance

Anatomy

• Temporal bone, a part of the skull
• Temporal fascia, covers the temporalis muscle
• Temporal lobe, a part of the brain
• Temporal muscle, one of the muscles of mastication
• Temporal scales, on the sides of the head of reptiles
• Temporal, an alternative for lateral (Anatomical terms of location#Medial and lateral) in the head; towards the Temporal bone

Entertainment

• Temporal (video game), a 2008 freeware platform and puzzle game
• Temporal (band), an Australian Metal band
• Temporal (Love Spirals Downwards album), 2000
• Temporal (Isis album), 2012

See also

• Ephemeral
• Impermanence
• Temporary (disambiguation)