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temporal hour — Horol. a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours. [1585 95] * * * … Universalium
temporal hour — Horol. a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours. [1585 95] … Useful english dictionary
Temporal finitism — is the idea that time is finite.The philosophy of Aristotle, expressed in such works as his Physics , held that although space was finite, with only void existing beyond the outermost sphere of the heavens, time was infinite. This caused problems … Wikipedia
Temporal lobe epilepsy — Classification and external resources Lobe of the brain ICD 10 G40 … Wikipedia
Temporal — Tem po*ral, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis, time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F. temporel. Cf. {Contemporaneous}, {Extempore}, {Temper}, v. t., {Tempest}, {Temple} a part of the head, {Tense}, n., {Thing}.] 1. Of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Temporal augment — Temporal Tem po*ral, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis, time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F. temporel. Cf. {Contemporaneous}, {Extempore}, {Temper}, v. t., {Tempest}, {Temple} a part of the head, {Tense}, n., {Thing} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hour — The hour (symbol: h) is a unit of time. It is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with the SI.DefinitionIn modern usage, an hour is a unit of time 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds in length. It is approximately 1/24 of a median Earth… … Wikipedia
hour — [13] Greek hórā (a distant relative of English year) was originally a rather vague term, denoting ‘period of time, season’. In due course it came to be applied more specifically to ‘one twelfth of a day (from sunrise to sunset)’, but as this… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
hour — [13] Greek hórā (a distant relative of English year) was originally a rather vague term, denoting ‘period of time, season’. In due course it came to be applied more specifically to ‘one twelfth of a day (from sunrise to sunset)’, but as this… … Word origins
Lords temporal — Temporal Tem po*ral, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis, time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F. temporel. Cf. {Contemporaneous}, {Extempore}, {Temper}, v. t., {Tempest}, {Temple} a part of the head, {Tense}, n., {Thing} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
