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timescale

timescale is the alternative spelling of time scale.

Meaning of time scale

Noun

time scale (plural time scales)

  1. A series of events used as a rough measure of duration.
  2. 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.
    Synonyms:
    time factor

Forms of timescale

pluraltimescales

Origin of timescale

From time + scale.

Words formed from timescale

Phrases with timescale

Questions about timescale

What is timescale the alternative spelling of?
Timescale is the alternative spelling of time scale.

Words near timescale in the dictionary

  1. times without number
  2. times-to-market
  3. timesaver
  4. timesavers
  5. timesaving
  6. timescale
  7. timescaled
  8. timescales
  9. timescaling
  10. timescape
  11. timescapes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: timescale (page history and authors); time scale (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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