Tempus
Encyclopedia
Tempus is a Latin word meaning time
and a Finnish, Swedish and German word meaning grammatical tense
. It may also refer to:
Time
Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
and a Finnish, Swedish and German word meaning grammatical tense
Grammatical tense
A tense is a grammatical category that locates a situation in time, to indicate when the situation takes place.Bernard Comrie, Aspect, 1976:6:...
. It may also refer to:
- Tempus PublishingTempus PublishingTempus Publishing was an England-based publishing company. It was founded in 1993, as The Chalford Publishing Company, by Alan Sutton and others. Tempus were part of the Nonsuch Publishing Group. Tempus mainly published history books and had bases in Germany, France, Belgium and the United States...
, a UK publishing company - Tempus SportTempus SportTempus Sport are a former British motor sport team based in Milton Keynes. The team was set up in 2008, with a view to first start racing in 2009. Some of the personnel are former employees of experienced team RML, including team director Richard Coleman....
, a British motorsport team - TEMPUSTEMPUSThe TEMPUS programme encourages institutions in the EU Member States and partner countries to engage in structured cooperation through the establishment of "consortia". The "consortia" implement Joint European Projects with a clear set of objectives. Such projects may receive financial aid for...
(Trans-European Mobility Scheme for University Studies), a European Union program - Tempus (novel)Tempus (novel)Tempus With His Right Side Companion Niko is a novelized collection of fourteen previously-published short stories in the Sacred Band series by Janet Morris. Originally published in 1987 by Baen, it was reissued in 2011 by Paradise Publishing....
, a novel published originally by Baen BooksBaen BooksBaen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
in 1987, reissued by Paradise Publishing in 2011
Fictional characters
- Tempus (Lois and Clark), a time traveling villain from the future in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- Tempus (Forgotten Realms), a deity in Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms fictional universe
- Tempus, a demon that could manipulate time in the television series CharmedCharmedCharmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
, portrayed by David CarradineDavid CarradineDavid Carradine was an American actor and martial artist, best known for his role as a warrior monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1970s television series, Kung Fu, which later had a 1990s sequel series, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues... - Tempus, the fictional commander of the Sacred Band of StepsonsThe Sacred Band of StepsonsThe Sacred Band of Stepsons is a fictional ancient cavalry unit created by Janet Morris and based on the historical Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite strike force of paired lovers and friends that flourished during the fourth century BCE in ancient Greece, where sexuality was a behavior, not an...
in the Thieves World shared-universe series, the Sacred Band of Stepsons seven-volume saga, and the book-length novelization of short stories titled Tempus - Tempus, a character that featured in the "Superhero Tryouts" sketch on BBC's television program The Wrong DoorThe Wrong DoorThe Wrong Door is a comedy sketch show, first aired on BBC Three on 28 August 2008. The programme is the first comedy show in which almost all of the sketches have a CGI element. As such, it was produced under the working title of The CGI Sketch Show...
- Tempus, a Parrot-Ox in Edward Einhorn's novel Paradox in OzParadox in OzParadox in Oz is a 1999 novel written by Edward Einhorn. As its title indicates, the book is an entry in the series of books about the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and a host of successors.-The book:...
- Tempus (comics)Tempus (comics)Tempus is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.Tempus is an enormous humanoid who dwells in Limbo and serves Immortus. An immortal creature created from the stuff of Limbo, he views his undying nature as a curse, and often remarks that he would consider execution a suitable reward for his...
, a villain from Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
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