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Definition of Time scale
1. Noun. An arrangement of events used as a measure of duration. "On the geological time scale mankind has existed but for a brief moment"
Specialized synonyms: Extended Time Scale, Slow Time Scale, Fast Time Scale
Definition of Time scale
1. Noun. A series of events used as a rough measure of duration. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Time Scale
Literary usage of Time scale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the state earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1910)
"time scale. — A great variety of time scales were used, ... The advantage of the
open time scale is that individual vibrations are recorded, ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1920)
"The space scale is of vital importance to us if we wish to avoid accidents and
to survive ; the time scale is as important but in quite another sense: it is ..."
3. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"The only satisfactory- explanation is that the time scale to which the observations
were ... Since the time scale was based on the rotation of the Earth, ..."
4. Geological Biology: An Introduction to the Geological History of Organisms by Henry Shaler Williams (1895)
"—This new point of view will lead to the separation of the time-scale from the
... The extension of this method of dividing the time-scale results in the ..."
5. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"APPENDIX I GEOLOGIC time scale Geologic time is subdivided into eras, periods,
epochs, etc. The corresponding names for the rock bodies are groups, systems, ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"3 A : ab is a time-scale commencing and ending with '_"-'''. This scale is moveable
round a as a centre, and the centre a is also moveable in a horizontal ..."
7. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"I propose, second, that the conventional time scale, based on the geologic history
of Europe, be complemented by a color scale, prismatic but discontinuous. ..."
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