S. F. Smith.
Tem"plet (?), n. [LL. templatus vaulted, from L. templum a small
timber.] [Spelt also template.] 1. A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly
a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be
executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet.
2. (Arch.) A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall
under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure.
||Tem"po (?), n. [It., fr. L. tempus. See Tense, n.] (Mus.) The rate or
||degree of movement in time.
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||A tempo giusto (js"t) [It.], in exact time; — sometimes, directing a
||return to strict time after a tempo rubato. — Tempo rubato. See under
||Rubato.
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Tem"po*ral (?), a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempora the temples: cf. F.
temporal. See Temple a part of the head.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to
the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.
Temporal bone, a very complex bone situated in the side of the skull of
most mammals and containing the organ of hearing. It consists of an
expanded squamosal portion above the ear, corresponding to the
squamosal and zygoma of the lower vertebrates, and a thickened basal
petrosal and mastoid portion, corresponding to the periotic and
tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates.
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 or pertaining to time, that is, to
the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred
or eternal.
The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not
seen are eternal.