intertemporal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English temporal
English intertemporal

    From inter- + temporal.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɛmpəɹəl

    Adjective

    intertemporal (not comparable)

    1. Describing any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions.

    Derived terms

    Noun

    intertemporal (plural intertemporals)

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      • 1925, Samuel Wendell Williston, “Chapter 1”, in The Osteology of the Reptiles:
        In the absence (e.g., Figs. 31 b, 33, 44, 45, etc.) of the intertemporal and supratemporals, the parietals articulate directly with the squamosals and postorbitals; in the Chelonia (Fig. 30) and Crocodilia, also directly with the pterygoids. Fused in most late reptiles (e.g., Figs. 69, 72).

    Spanish

    Adjective

    intertemporal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intertemporales)

    1. intertemporal
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