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• temporal related to or limited by time:
• *the temporal character of human existence

• conversely used when one situation is the opposite of another:
• *American consumers prefer white eggs; conversely, British buyers like brown eggs.

• Interpretation: the way in which someone explains or understands an event, information, someone's actions etc:
• *One possible interpretation is that they want you to resignWhat exactly the author meant by that statement is open to interpretation (=able to be understood or explained in different ways).

Spike train: A spike train is a series of discrete action potentials from a neuron taken as a time series, sometimes referred to as temporal coding. This string of neuronal firing may be generated spontaneously or as a response to some external stimulus.

• Diverse: very different from each other:
• *subjects as diverse as pop music and archaeology

reside: to live in a particular place:

• deviation: a noticeable difference from what is expected or acceptable.
• *deviation from the normal procedure

• a priori: using previous experiences or facts to decide what the likely result or effect of something will be
• *a ruling made on a priori grounds

intrinsic: being part of the nature or character of someone or something

presume: to think that something is true, although you are not certain [=assume]

• variation :a difference between similar things, or a change from the usual amount or form of something
• *White bread is really just a variation of French bread.
• *variation in the quality of the rugs
• *There is a great deal of variation among the responses.
• *The study concluded that the variation between the CD players was very small.

• 1)not well known and usually not very important:
• *an obscure poet
• 2) difficult to understand: *obscure legal phrases

• An opinion, piece of information, result etc that is skewed is incorrect, especially because it has been affected by a particular thing or because you do not know all the facts
• *The media's coverage of the election has been skewed from the very beginning.

• [formal]:if there is a preponderance of people or things of a particular type in a group, there are more of that type than of any other:
• *There is a preponderance of female students in the music department.

• Consecutive: consecutive numbers or periods of time follow one after the other without any interruptions
• *It had rained for four consecutive days.

• transient[formal] continuing only for a short time:
• *transient fashions
• working or staying somewhere for only a short time:
• *a transient population

• [transitive]: to use your power, influence etc in order to make something happen:
• *They exerted considerable influence within the school.