timescale
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Definition of timescale
: an arrangement of events used as a measure of the relative or absolute duration or antiquity of a period of history or geologic or cosmic time
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Ecological thinking involves being aware that things are happening on all kinds of space and timescales at once. — Timothy Morton, The Atlantic, "The Hurricane in My Backyard," 8 July 2018 Natural selection simply does not operate on the same timescale as industrialization, so to keep pace with anthropogenic change, wild animals have resorted to altering their behavior rather than their genes. — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, "How Humans Created the Ultimate Superpests," 9 July 2018 This star, dubbed PDS 70, is thought to be just 5.4 million years old — a newborn on the cosmological timescale. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "Astronomers snap one of the best baby pics yet of a newborn planet," 2 July 2018 But a report from The Times has now revealed the urgent timescale behind the deals. — SI.com, "Man Utd Reportedly Racing to Finalise Expected £100m Double Signing Before the World Cup," 25 May 2018 That timescale would mean Salah could be unavailable up until June 23 if his recovery requires the full four weeks - casting doubt over his availability in his country's group games which span from June 15 to June 25. — SI.com, "Conflicting Reports Emerge Over Mohamed Salah's Fitness Ahead of Egypt's World Cup Opener," 30 May 2018 However, there are some phenomena that occur on shorter timescales, taking just a few decades, years or even seconds. — Eileen Meyer, Smithsonian, "Big Data is Transforming How Astronomers Make Discoveries," 15 May 2018 This was every human’s world until a few centuries ago, nothing on an evolutionary timescale. — Antonio García Martínez, WIRED, "Facebook, Snapchat and the Dawn of the Post-Truth Era," 28 May 2018 Inflexible, always-on nuclear, the idea goes, is ill-suited for a world where wind and solar output vary on timescales ranging from seconds to hours to seasons. — David Roberts, Vox, "Half of America’s carbon-free electricity comes from nuclear. Here’s how to save it.," 10 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'timescale.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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timescale
noun
English Language Learners Definition of timescale
: a period of time whose size can be compared to other periods of time
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