A frequency or rate.

(in combination) Having a specified tempo.

plural of tempo

(music) A mark placed on the score by the composer describing at what speed the passage should be played.

(music) Indicates that the following movement should be played at the same tempo as the last, often employed when switching from simple to compound metres or vice versa, to clarify that the tempo stays the same in reference to the beats felt, not the time signature.

plural of tempo mark

fast, quick

For a limited period of time; not permanently.

(relational) Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical. / Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.

(chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.