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time scale

DEFINITIONS OF: time scale

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n an arrangement of events used as a measure of duration

“on the geological time scale mankind has existed but for a brief moment”
Types:
extended time scale, slow time scale
(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one
fast time scale
(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one
Type of:
continuance, duration
the period of time during which something continues
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