What is "temporal augment"

Temporal \Tem"po*ral\, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis, time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F. temporel. Cf. Contemporaneous, Extempore, Temper, v. t., Tempest, Temple a part of the head, Tense, n., Thing.]

1. Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.

   The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
   --2 Cor. iv. 18.

   Is this an hour for temporal affairs?
   --Shak.

2. Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.

   Lords temporal. See under Lord, n.

   Temporal augment. See the Note under Augment, n.

   Syn: Transient; fleeting; transitory.