temporal arrangement, temporal order - arrangement of events in time

approaching, coming, approach - the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"

earliness - quality of coming early or earlier in time

lateness - quality of coming late or later in time

punctuality, promptness - the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time

tardiness - the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time

simultaneity, simultaneousness - happening or existing or done at the same time

seasonableness, timeliness - being at the right time

unseasonableness, untimeliness - being at an inappropriate time

pastness - the quality of being past

futurity - the quality of being in or of the future

nowness, presentness - the quality of being the present; "a study of the pastness of the present and...of the presentness of the past"- R.E.Spiller

spark advance, lead - the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine