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
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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?
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Electron motion unfolds on attosecond timescales, far too fast for conventional instruments to resolve.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Artificial intelligence is the most impactful technological development of our time—more impactful than computers or the internet and, perhaps, comparable to the Industrial Revolution, but happening on a much faster timescale.
—Geoffrey Hinton, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Knowing when a burst might happen within the larger cycle could give storm warnings on medium timescales—kind of like a heliophysics Farmers’ Almanac for both satellite and tractor operators.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2025
Thus, observations of a flare in different wavelengths can help better understand the mechanisms black holes use to launch flares and the timescales over which these flares evolve.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Nov. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Artificial intelligence is the most impactful technological development of our time—more impactful than computers or the internet and, perhaps, comparable to the Industrial Revolution, but happening on a much faster timescale.
—Geoffrey Hinton, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Knowing when a burst might happen within the larger cycle could give storm warnings on medium timescales—kind of like a heliophysics Farmers’ Almanac for both satellite and tractor operators.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2025
Thus, observations of a flare in different wavelengths can help better understand the mechanisms black holes use to launch flares and the timescales over which these flares evolve.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for timescale
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“Timescale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/timescale. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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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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