"time scale" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: time scales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} time scale (plural time scales)
  1. A series of events used as a rough measure of duration. Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: timescale Hypernyms: scale Hyponyms: geologic time scale Derived forms: time scale calculus, time-scale factor, timescale number Translations (series of events used as a rough measure of duration): tidsskala [common-gender] (Danish), tijdschaal [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), aikaskaala (Finnish), Zeitmaßstab [masculine] (German), Zeitraum [masculine] (German), amscála [masculine] (Irish), tauinewā (Maori), tidsskala [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tidsskala [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tidsskala [common-gender] (Swedish), zaman cetveli (Turkish), zaman ölçeği (Turkish)

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