time scale

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time scale

noun time scales · timescale

  1. A series of events used as a rough measure of duration.
  2. The ratio of the duration of time of an event as simulated by an analog computer to the actual duration of time of the event in the physical system under study.

    Similar: time factor

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noun series of events used as a rough measure of duration

Españolescala temporal, escala de tiempo
DeutschZeitmaßstab, Zeitraum

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@misc{time_scale_2026,
  title = {time scale},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/time%20scale},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}