intertemporal

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

English temporal

English intertemporal

From inter- + temporal.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛmpəɹəl

Adjective

intertemporal (not comparable)

1. Describing any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions.

Derived terms

• intertemporal choice
• intertemporal consumption
• intertemporal equilibrium
• intertemporal law
• intertemporally

Noun

intertemporal (plural intertemporals)

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   • 1925, Samuel Wendell Williston, "Chapter 1" in The Osteology of the Reptiles

     In the absence (e.g., Figs. 31 b, 33, 44, 45, etc.) of the intertemporal and supratemporals, the parietals articulate directly with the squamosals and postorbitals; in the Chelonia (Fig. 30) and Crocodilia, also directly with the pterygoids. Fused in most late reptiles (e.g., Figs. 69, 72).

Spanish

Adjective

intertemporal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intertemporales)

1. intertemporal