NOUN | time | time scale | an arrangement of events used as a measure of duration |
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Meaning | An arrangement of events used as a measure of duration. | |
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Example | "on the geological time scale mankind has existed but for a brief moment" | |
Narrower | extended time scale, slow time scale | (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time ... / time-scale factor is greater than one |
fast time scale | (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time ... / time-scale factor is less than one | |
Broader | duration, continuance | The period of time during which something continues |
Spanish | escala temporal | |
Catalan | escala temporal |
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