The phrase "a temporary feature" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is not permanent and is intended to last for a limited time.
Example: "The new layout is just a temporary feature while we test user engagement."
Alternatives: "a short-term aspect" or "a provisional element."
The field is now a temporary feature marked for construction under the original master plan for the area.
The Appalachian Mountains, which formed by closing an ocean basin, make much more sense when you know that the Atlantic Ocean is, in geologic terms, a temporary feature.
He also insisted there would not be an emergency budget after the election, and said he hoped the 50p income tax rate on those earning £150,000 or more would be a temporary feature of the tax landscape.
The skin was a temporary feature: it only needed to be there long enough for the birds to begin to feel at home, and after that they would not leave anyway.
Some central bank officials have stressed that the dip in inflation could be a temporary feature and that it results from a short-term fall in oil prices which will benefit economic growth over the next year without the need for QE.
How can this be?In this section The cold war All shook up Poking holes in the blanket More work, less stuff Really Bad Systems The rings cycle The economy, stupid A silent revival Britain's cheering gloom ReprintsPerhaps weak productivity is a temporary feature of economies that suffer credit busts.
Erickson did not detail the process by which studies would be vetted, nor whether the process would be a permanent or temporary feature of the administration.
Fluorescent lighting was not meant to come into such general use: it was a temporary, emergency feature that was only ever intended to keep factories working 24 hours a day during the second world war.
Stability issues resulted in down time or temporary feature removal.
By way of comparison, 15 years earlier Jupiter had sustained a more massive series of hits by debris from the breakup of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which produced many temporary features in the dense Jovian atmosphere.
That smaller plan included permanent tax cuts that encouraged consumers to increase their spending, while the current package has only temporary features, he says.
