time scale
See also: timescale and time-scale
English
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Noun
time scale (plural time scales)
- A series of events used as a rough measure of duration.
- (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
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Derived terms
- time scale calculus
- time-scale factor
- timescale number
Translations
series of events used as a rough measure of duration
Further reading
- time scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia