time scale
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3.9
- noun
- /taɪm skeɪl/
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escala temporal
- But what are some other time scales that we could be thinking about that?
- long time scale
- geological time scale
- short time scale
Do you have a sense of what, of the time scale at which breakthroughs and AI happen?
- Do you have a sense of what, of the time scale at which breakthroughs and AI happen?
- And that's the basis of the global time scale and how it's generated.
- And it is on that time scale that I think things may start to play out.
- So there's no sense in which those things can influence me on any time scale that's relevant to me.
- That is how we drive change on the time scale of history.
- And that doesn't, I don't think it has a a defined time scale.
- And but we're now hearing about quakes on completely different time scales.
- And that is exactly what climate change effects too, just over a longer time scale.
- And they evaluated how well people perceive the passage of time on shorter time scales.
Examples
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This was analysed over a four year time scale and there was no sign of recovery in jobs for US born workers over that.
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The natural flow of a river varies on time scales of hours, days, seasons, years, and longer.
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So this is one of those challenges on said time scale and budget.
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And it is on that time scale that I think things may start to play out.
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I think the most important point is the time scale for change that is possible.
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It's at the risks are too high and the time scale is too long.
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But the time scales that we're talking about are just enormous.
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Earth's history is of climate variation or climate change on time scales ranging from seasons to multiple millennia.
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The course of infection for each disease has its own characteristic time scale (latent, infectious, and symptomatic periods).
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The natural flow of a river varies on a time scale of hours, days, seasons, years, and longer.
Synonyms
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4.1
A period of time used to plan or describe when events happen
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'time' (periods/duration) with 'scale' (a measure or range), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a measure or range defined in terms of time (a timeframe or temporal measurement). This noun–noun compounding follows a common and transparent compositional pattern with clear equivalents in many languages, so the sense is predictable to B1 learners.
Etymology
The noun time scale comes from combining time and scale, so imagine a long ruler or chart that measures short and long periods. That's why it now means a system that shows or measures 'how long' things take or the 'sequence of events'.