| 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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