It's often used to refer to things that are:
* Temporary: lasting for a limited time, not permanent. (e.g. temporary job, temporary housing)
* Related to time: having to do with time or its measurement. (e.g. temporal lobe of the brain, temporal sequence)
Here are some examples of words with the prefix "tempor":
* Temporary: lasting for a limited time.
* Temporarily: for a limited time.
* Temporal: relating to time.
* Temporality: the quality of being temporal.
* Temporomandibular: relating to the temporal bone and the mandible (jawbone).
* Temporal lobe: a part of the brain that is involved in memory and language.
The prefix "tempor" can be used in both scientific and everyday language.