temporal relation

Other forms: temporal relations

Definitions of temporal relation
  1. noun
    a relation involving time
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    antecedent, forerunner
    anything that precedes something similar in time
    chronology
    an arrangement of events in time
    synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony
    the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
    asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization, desynchronizing
    the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
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    relation
    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
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