timescapes

Noun

timescape (plural timescapes)

1. A perspective over a period (particularly a long period) of time.
   • Our timescape of life is really a picture showing the fluctuating diversity of life over the past 700 million years. There was little diversity before that time owing to the dominance of blue-green algae. What our timescape shows is, as expected, a number of surges in the diversity of life: […]1996, Graeme Donald Snooks, “Players in the Game”, in The Dynamic Society: Exploring the Sources of Global Change, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 43
2. A multi-dimensional view of time, especially one in which time travel occurs.
   • timescape n. time conceived of, or perceived as, possessing multiple dimensions.[2007, “timescape”, in Jeff Prucher, editor, Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 241