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Definitions of temporal order
  1. noun
    arrangement of events in time
    synonyms: temporal arrangement
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    chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession, successiveness
    a following of one thing after another in time
    timing
    the time when something happens
    pelting, rain
    anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
    rotation
    a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
    row
    a continuous chronological succession without an interruption
    run
    an unbroken chronological sequence
    approach, approaching, coming
    the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
    earliness
    quality of coming early or earlier in time
    lateness
    quality of coming late or later in time
    promptness, punctuality
    the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time
    tardiness
    the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time
    simultaneity, simultaneousness
    happening or existing or done at the same time
    seasonableness, timeliness
    being at the right time
    unseasonableness, untimeliness
    being at an inappropriate time
    pastness
    the quality of being past
    futurity
    the quality of being in or of the future
    nowness, presentness
    the quality of being the present
    lead, spark advance
    the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
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    temporal property
    a property relating to time
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