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
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When considered on the 4.6 billion year timescale of the Earth, our lives can seem insignificant.
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Join 31 others in the comments View Comments Scientists say some of these changes can be reversed if humans stop pumping out planet-heating gases, but on timescales ranging from hundreds of years to many thousands.
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Laura Paddison, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
But adoption dynamics are defined by human and physical world transformation timescales, and these changes and build-outs, e.g., in telecommunications or transportation networks or energy or computing infrastructures, take decades to complete.
—Marcus Weldon, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
On the timescale of a fast-moving field like synthetic biology, a decade is a very long time.
—Kate Adamala, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
Volcanic eruptions release vast amounts of carbon-dioxide, dust, and sulfur, thereby significantly altering the chemistry of the atmosphere and changing Earth's climate—but in different ways and on different timescales to a meteorite impact.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Laura Paddison, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
But adoption dynamics are defined by human and physical world transformation timescales, and these changes and build-outs, e.g., in telecommunications or transportation networks or energy or computing infrastructures, take decades to complete.
—Marcus Weldon, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
On the timescale of a fast-moving field like synthetic biology, a decade is a very long time.
—Kate Adamala, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
Volcanic eruptions release vast amounts of carbon-dioxide, dust, and sulfur, thereby significantly altering the chemistry of the atmosphere and changing Earth's climate—but in different ways and on different timescales to a meteorite impact.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Timescale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/timescale. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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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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