Definition of Timescales

1. Noun. (plural of timescale) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Timescales

1. timescale [n] - See also: timescale

Lexicographical Neighbors of Timescales

timepleaser
timepleasers
timepoint
timepoints
timeproof
timer
timers
times
times out of mind
times sign
times table
timesaver
timesavers
timesaving
timescale
timescales (current term)
timescape
timescapes
timesed
timeserver
timeservers
timeserving
timeservings
timeses
timeshare
timeshares
timesharing
timesheet
timesheets
timeshifting

Literary usage of Timescales

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geological Record Of Ecological Dynamics: Understanding The Biotic by National Academies Press (U.S.) (2005)
"In practice, ecologists have dealt with this problem by focusing on particular timescales (usually short), treating slow processes as constants (parameters) ..."

2. A New Dimension of Time by Marc van der Erve (2007)
"In the second principle, I indicated that time at a global scale embodies all the active simultaneity states at the different timescales. ..."

3. Radionuclide Retention in Geologic Media: Workshop Proceedings, Oskarshamn by Svensk kärnbränslehantering AB., OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2002)
"Geological evidence for retention on timescales of interest Given that many ... As the timescales of interest to radioactive waste disposal are long (say, ..."

4. Management of Uncertainty in Safety Cases and the Role of Risk: Workshop by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Statens strålskyddsinstitut (Sweden) (2004)
"Most challengingly, they are required to provide protection after their closure and over timescales that are considerably in excess of those commonly ..."

5. A Mind AT Work: We are Our Questionsby Mercedes Vilanova, Mihai Nadin, Frederic Chordá by Mercedes Vilanova, Mihai Nadin, Frederic Chordá (2003)
"In my own work I have been coming to a similar conclusion about the importance of scale, and particularly of timescales, in the dynamics of complex social ..."

6. Environmental Information for Naval Warfare by National Academy of Engineering, Inc NetLibrary (2003)
"... regional centers) Nowcast: 3 km and less Atmosphere/ocean timescales ... need for environmental data on short timescales throughout the 4-D battlespace ..."

7. Large Scale Coastal Behavior (1993) edited by J. H. List (1995)
"... and stochastic processes at all timescales (meteorologically induced events, especially wave conditions). The generic types of morphodynamic response, ..."

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