time scale

See also: timescale and time-scale

English

Alternative forms

• timescale

Noun

time scale (plural time scales)

1. A series of events used as a rough measure of duration.
2. (computer science) 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.

   Synonym: time factor

Hypernyms

• scale

Hyponyms

• geologic time scale

Derived terms

• time scale calculus
• time-scale factor
• timescale number

Translations

series of events used as a rough measure of duration

• Danish: tidsskala c
• Dutch: tijdschaal (nl) f or m
• Finnish: aikaskaala (fi)
• German: Zeitmaßstab m, Zeitraum (de) m
• Irish: amscála m
• Maori: tauinewā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tidsskala m

  Nynorsk: tidsskala m

• Swedish: tidsskala c
• Turkish: zaman cetveli, zaman ölçeği

Further reading

• time scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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