(chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.
(anatomy) Ellipsis of temporal bone.
(zootomy) Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.
(relational) Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.
An adjective "temporal" describes something as limited in time, transient, and relating to the sequence of time or a particular time.
(anatomy, relational) Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits.