time-scale factor
- noun
- Specialized
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factor de escala temporal
- If you use a time-scale factor of 2, the simulated process runs twice as fast as the actual process.
Examples
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The time-scale factor determines how quickly the events unfold in the simulation compared to real life.
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Scientists adjusted the time-scale factor to model aging effects that would normally take decades.
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The time-scale factor is crucial for accurate simulations.
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Researchers need to determine the time-scale factors in their models.
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If you use a time-scale factor of 2, the simulated process runs twice as fast as the actual process.
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The time-scale factor determines how quickly the events unfold in the simulation compared to real life.
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Scientists adjusted the time-scale factor to model aging effects that would normally take decades.
Surface Forms
Morphology
time-scale + factor
The term is compositionally built from 'time' + 'scale' + 'factor', so a learner who knows those words can infer it refers to a multiplier or element relating to the scaling of time (i.e., how time is stretched or compressed). However, the precise technical sense — a numerical ratio used in simulations comparing simulated time to real process time — is specialized and not fully predictable to a B1 learner without domain knowledge, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The term time-scale factor comes from the simple image of a speed dial for time: imagine a film projector with a number that shows how much you speed up or slow down the action, with time and scale showing what is measured and factor meaning the multiplying number. So the time-scale factor is the number that tells how much 'faster' or 'slower' a simulation runs compared to real life.
