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?
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This gives you three auto-deletion timescales to choose from: 3, 18 or 36 months.
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Whether or not such a reduction could restart the AMOC and over what kind of timescale is an open question.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Yes, but: That pact referred to long-term averages, on the timescale of several decades, rather than a far shorter timespan of 13 months.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
Moon missions always account for the cycles of the lunar night and day, each of which lasts two weeks, but there is currently no standard timescale on the moon similar to the Coordinated Universal Time system that keeps clocks ticking in tandem here on Earth.
—Becky Ferreira, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2024
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Whether or not such a reduction could restart the AMOC and over what kind of timescale is an open question.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Yes, but: That pact referred to long-term averages, on the timescale of several decades, rather than a far shorter timespan of 13 months.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
Moon missions always account for the cycles of the lunar night and day, each of which lasts two weeks, but there is currently no standard timescale on the moon similar to the Coordinated Universal Time system that keeps clocks ticking in tandem here on Earth.
—Becky Ferreira, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2024
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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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