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temporal property

/ˌtɛmpərəl ˌprɑpərdi/
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Other forms: temporal properties

Definitions of temporal property
  1. noun
    a property relating to time
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    types:
    temporal arrangement, temporal order
    arrangement of events in time
    duration, length
    continuance in time
    clip, pace, rate
    the relative speed of progress or change
    chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness
    a following of one thing after another in time
    timing
    the time when something happens
    longness
    duration as an extension
    continuation, lengthiness, prolongation, protraction
    the consequence of being lengthened in duration
    endlessness
    the property of being (or seeming to be) without end
    shortness
    the property of being of short temporal extent
    brevity, briefness, transience
    the attribute of being brief or fleeting
    permanence, permanency
    the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
    impermanence, impermanency
    the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
    fastness, speed, swiftness
    a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
    beat
    a regular rate of repetition
    celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
    a rate that is rapid
    deliberateness, deliberation, slowness, unhurriedness
    a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
    sluggishness
    the pace of things that move relatively slowly
    type of:
    property
    a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
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