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timescale

noun time·scale \-ˌskāl\

: a period of time whose size can be compared to other periods of time

Full Definition of TIMESCALE

:  an arrangement of events used as a measure of the relative or absolute duration or antiquity of a period of history or geologic or cosmic time
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First Known Use of TIMESCALE

1890

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