When I swallow I feel an intense pain caused by my elongated temporal styloid process. My condition is called "Eagle Syndrome".
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Temporal
//ˈtɛm.pə.ɹəl//
Synonyms for "temporal" (118 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
materialmaterialisticmateriatemetronomicmomentarymortalmundanemutablenonclericalnondurablenonecclesiasticalnonministerialnonordainednonpastoralnonpermanentnonreligiousnonsacrednonspiritualoutwardpassing
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perishablephilistinephysicalpopularprofanereprobatesecularsecularistsecularisticsensualshort livedshort-livedsomaticspatialsubstantialtemporal roletemporaryterreneterrestrialtimekeepingtransienttransitivetransitorytranstemporalunblessedundurableunenduringunhallowedunholyunregenerateunsacredunsanctifiedunspiritualunstablevolatile
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
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2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
85 entriesShowing 16 of 85 words.
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3 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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15 entriesTranslations
142 translations across 33 languages.
Belarusian
4 entries- све́цкі adj (of or relating to the material world)
- тымчасо́вы adj (of limited time)
- ча́савы adj (of or relating to time)
- часо́вы adj (of limited time)
Bulgarian
4 entries- веко́вен adj (of or relating to time)
- вре́менен adj (of limited time)
- ми́рски adj (of or relating to the material world)
- прехо́ден adj (lasting a short time only)
Catalan
4 entries- temporal adj (of or relating to time)
- temporal adj (of limited time)
- temporal adj (lasting a short time only)
- temporal adj (relating to the temples)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 世俗的 adj (of or relating to the material world)
- 時間的 /时间的 adj (of or relating to time)
- 短暫 /短暂 adj (of limited time)
- 顳的 /颞的 adj (relating to the temples)
Czech
4 entries- dočasný adj (of limited time)
- spánkový adj (relating to the temples)
- světský adj (of or relating to the material world)
- časový adj (of or relating to time)
Danish
1 entries- verdslig adj (of or relating to the material world)
Estonian
3 entries- aja adj (of or relating to time)
- ajaline adj (of or relating to time)
- ajutine adj (of limited time)
Finnish
4 entries- aika adj (of or relating to time)
- ajallinen adj (of or relating to the material world)
- ajallinen adj (of or relating to time)
- hetkellinen adj (lasting a short time only)
French
4 entries- temporaire adj (of limited time)
- temporaire adj (lasting a short time only)
- temporel adj (of or relating to the material world)
- temporel adj (of or relating to time)
Georgian
3 entries- გარდამავალი adj (of limited time)
- დროებითი adj (of or relating to time)
- დროებითი adj (of limited time)
German
4 entries- Schläfen adj (relating to the temples)
- diesseitig adj (of or relating to the material world)
- temporal adj (of or relating to time)
- temporär adj (of limited time)
Greek
1 entries- χρονικός adj (of or relating to time)
Hebrew
1 entries- זמני adj (of limited time)
Hungarian
4 entries- e világi adj (of or relating to the material world)
- halánték adj (relating to the temples)
- ideiglenes adj (of limited time)
- idő adj (of or relating to time)
Irish
4 entries- aimseartha adj (of or relating to time)
- saolta adj (of or relating to the material world)
- teamparálta adj (of or relating to the material world)
- tuata adj (of or relating to the material world)
Italian
4 entries- temporale adj (of or relating to time)
- temporale adj (of limited time)
- temporale adj (lasting a short time only)
- temporale adj (relating to the temples)
Latin
4 entries- templaris adj (relating to the temples)
- temporālis adj (of or relating to the material world)
- temporālis adj (of or relating to time)
- temporālis adj (of limited time)
Manx
1 entries- çherraghtagh adj (of limited time)
Māori
1 entries- whakawhenua adj (of or relating to the material world)
Norwegian
1 entries- temporal adj (relating to the temples)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- forbigående adj (lasting a short time only)
- jordisk adj (of or relating to the material world)
- midlertidig adj (of limited time)
- temporal adj (of or relating to time)
Persian
2 entries- دنیوی adj (of or relating to the material world)
- زمانی adj (of or relating to time)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- weltlich adj (of or relating to the material world)
Polish
3 entries- czasowy adj (of or relating to time)
- tymczasowy adj (of limited time)
- świecki adj (of or relating to the material world)
Portuguese
4 entries- temporal adj (of or relating to the material world)
- temporal adj (of or relating to time)
- temporal adj (relating to the temples)
- temporário adj (of limited time)
Romanian
4 entries- lumesc adj (of or relating to the material world)
- pământesc adj (of or relating to the material world)
- temporal adj (of or relating to time)
- temporar adj (of limited time)
Russian
4 entries- висо́чный adj (relating to the temples)
- вре́менный adj (of limited time)
- временно́й adj (of or relating to time)
- мирско́й adj (of or relating to the material world)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- saoghalta adj (of or relating to the material world)
Slovak
3 entries- dočasný adj (of limited time)
- svetský adj (of or relating to the material world)
- časový adj (of or relating to time)
Spanish
1 entries- temporal adj (of or relating to time)
Swedish
4 entries- jordisk adj (of or relating to the material world)
- temporal adj (of or relating to time)
- temporär adj (of limited time)
- temporär adj (lasting a short time only)
Turkish
4 entries- cismani adj (of or relating to the material world)
- dünyevi adj (of or relating to the material world)
- fani adj (of or relating to the material world)
- fani adj (of limited time)
Ukrainian
4 entries- мирськи́й adj (of or relating to the material world)
- сві́тський adj (of or relating to the material world)
- скроневий adj (relating to the temples)
- тимчасо́вий adj (of limited time)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Researchers linked to the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that children and adolescents who tested lower on standardized tests had a lower volume of gray matter in their brains than the norm, and their frontal and temporal lobes developed more slowly.
Source: tatoeba (11257440)
They have achieved a first step toward that goal by decoding the electrical activity in a region of the brain, called the superior temporal gyrus, that’s stimulated by hearing.
Source: tatoeba (12312833)
It took Tom a while to understand the rules of temporal sequence in indirect speech.
Source: tatoeba (12795144)
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