temperaals
Temperaals are a proposed class of localized temporal regions predicted by certain speculative models of spacetime. In these models, temperaals act as bounded zones within which the rate of temporal passage can differ from that of surrounding spacetime. They are not meant to be magic or archetypal wormholes but rather a theoretical construct that, if real, would obey causal constraints and energy requirements described by the underlying theory.
Origin and name: The term temperaals is derived from Latin tempus (time) and the suffix -aals to
Characteristics: Temperaals are envisioned as manifolds bounded by a temporal membrane. Within temperaals, clocks run at
Current status and research: There is no experimental evidence for temperaals. Some approaches in quantum gravity
See also: time dilation, closed timelike curve, analogue gravity, spacetime, causality.