Atemporal

/eɪˈtɛmpərəl/ adjective

Definition

Existing or occurring outside of time; not affected by the passage of time or not relating to any specific moment in time.

Etymology

From the prefix 'a-' meaning without plus 'temporal' from Latin 'temporalis' meaning time-related. This philosophical term describes things that transcend time's normal boundaries.

Kelly Says

Philosophers and physicists love this word when discussing eternal concepts like mathematics or certain interpretations of spacetime—things that seem to just *exist* without happening.

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