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temporary (adjective), more temporary, most temporary
1. Relating to a limited duration of time; not permanent; transient; made to supply a passing need: Jim's doctor told him that the medicine would give him temporary relief from the pain.
2. A reference to someone who is hired to work in an office or other workplace for only a short time: Bernard, a university student, was very happy that he was able to get a good paying temporary job during his summer vacation.
3. Characteristic of something or someone that belongs to the present time or to the world: Every creature lives for a transitory or temporary time regardless of how many efforts a person or an animal might desire to exist much longer.
2. A reference to someone who is hired to work in an office or other workplace for only a short time: Bernard, a university student, was very happy that he was able to get a good paying temporary job during his summer vacation.
3. Characteristic of something or someone that belongs to the present time or to the world: Every creature lives for a transitory or temporary time regardless of how many efforts a person or an animal might desire to exist much longer.
(Modern Latin: a temporary IUPAC [International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry] nomenclature; radioactive metal)
(Modern Latin: a temporary IUPAC [International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry] nomenclature; radioactive metal)
(Modern Latin: a temporary IUPAC [International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry] nomenclature; radioactive metal)
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A relief from harm or discomfort at a certain time: The temporary reprieve from pain in Jack’s leg lasted only 5 minutes and then it returned again.
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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tempo-, tempor-, temp-
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temporary social parasitism
Parasitism in which a queen of one species enters an alien nest, usually belonging to another species, kills or renders the resident queen infertile, and takes her place.
The population of the colony then becomes increasingly dominated by the offspring of the parasite queen as the host workers die from natural causes.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
(page 22)