timescale
noun
time·scale
ˈtīm-ˌskāl 
: 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
Examples of timescale in a Sentence
When considered on the 4.6 billion year timescale of the Earth, our lives can seem insignificant.
What is the timescale for completion of the work?
Recent Examples on the Web
In comparison, solid-state memristive devices switch at microsecond timescales.
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IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
As For Light From The White Dwarf? At a temperature of 4500 Kelvin, there would be optical light, but as the white dwarf cools over long timescales, the bulk of the radiation would shift to the far infrared, says Sion.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
For those that must have the latest and fastest hardware, though, all eyes will be on AMD and Intel later in 2024 in what promises to be a close fight both in terms of price, performance and timescale.
—Antony Leather, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
But as the rotation speed is not constant, the two timescales slowly diverge.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
Human timescales feel very different than geologic.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
That’s a challenge on longer timescales as seas gradually rise, but also ephemerally when hurricanes push storm surges of water onto land.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
For a long time, climate change was nearly impossible to see, but rather had to be described and estimated for continents or the whole globe on seasonal, annual or centennial timescales.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
And this newfound ocean, against all expectations, appears to be a proverbial newborn on the timescale of the solar system.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
As For Light From The White Dwarf? At a temperature of 4500 Kelvin, there would be optical light, but as the white dwarf cools over long timescales, the bulk of the radiation would shift to the far infrared, says Sion.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
For those that must have the latest and fastest hardware, though, all eyes will be on AMD and Intel later in 2024 in what promises to be a close fight both in terms of price, performance and timescale.
—Antony Leather, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
But as the rotation speed is not constant, the two timescales slowly diverge.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
Human timescales feel very different than geologic.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
That’s a challenge on longer timescales as seas gradually rise, but also ephemerally when hurricanes push storm surges of water onto land.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
For a long time, climate change was nearly impossible to see, but rather had to be described and estimated for continents or the whole globe on seasonal, annual or centennial timescales.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
And this newfound ocean, against all expectations, appears to be a proverbial newborn on the timescale of the solar system.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
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timescale
noun
time·scale
ˈtīm-ˌskāl
: an arrangement of events used as a measure of the duration or age of a period of history or geologic or cosmic time
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