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time·scale

(tīm′skāl′)

1. A period of time seen in relation to a process or a series of phenomena: "What seems most steadfast over the human life span may be evanescent on a geological or astronomical timescale" (Brian Hayes).

2. A schedule or arrangement of events or commitments: The two nations agreed to a timescale for disarmament.

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timescale

(ˈtaɪmˌskeɪl)

the span of time within which certain events occur or are scheduled to occur considered in relation to any broader period of time

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Translations

timescale

[ˈtaɪmskeɪl] N → escala f de tiempo

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timescale

[ˈtaɪmskeɪl] n → échéance f
to set a timescale for sth → fixer l'échéance pour qchtime-share [ˈtaɪmʃɛə^r]

vt (in computing) → utiliser en temps partagé

n → appartement m en multipropriété time-sharing [ˈtaɪmʃɛərɪŋ] n → temps m partagé time sheet n → feuille f de présence time signal n → signal m horaire time signature n → indication f de la mesure time slot n → créneau m horaire time span n → période f de temps time switch n [electronic device] → minuteur m; (for lighting) → minuterie f

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Timescale has introduced Timescale Cloud, the on-demand and managed cloud service that makes it easy to work with time- series and IoT data.

TIMESCALE INTRODUCES TIMESCALE CLOUD

LAHORE -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) has been urged to implement the timescale promotion policy approved by the Punjab governor.

LHC urged to follow timescale promotion policy

Council co-leader Douglas Lumsden said: "If the opposition were paying attention to our officers and the committee papers, they would have seen a timescale is clearly given."

Row over hall plan

The latest timescale for Bedlington's regeneration project focused around the town's former Tesco site, which is being led by the county council-owned company Advance Northumberland, is aiming for construction of the new shops to start in the autumn.

Concerns over stalled plans for town centre

"A suitable timescale for this in the circumstances is no more than 7 days", conclude representatives of Blackburn, Brentford, Bristol City, Derby, Hull, Middlesborough, Millwall, Norwich, Nottingham Forest, Preston and Swansea.

Spygate letter seeks to spook or spoof

However, no timescale for a return was included in the report.

Campus repairs set to finish

While Primary Teachers and High School Teachers and Subject specialist teachers entertains timescale and getting benefits in same provinces.

Problems with college teachers in Sindh

Renfrewshire Council won't put a timescale on painting the railings at Hawkhead Cemetery, despite pressure from a local councillor, writes Jack Thomson, Local Democracy Reporter.

No deadline for cemetery railings painting

For many years, it has been predicted that operating frequencies in semiconductor lasers stabilise on a timescale of a few nanoseconds and can be changed in a few hundreds of picoseconds.

Terahertz study shines new light on semiconductor lasers

He informed that PNA has presented a charter of demands to Sindh government including demands like health professional allowance, timescale promotions, new a timescale of nurses, teaching allowance, DDO powers to principals, residential colony for nurses, establishment of nursing university and regularization.

Nurses in Sindh protest against denial of various allowances

PESHAWAR -- Holding a protest demonstration in favor of their demands on Thursday, the office bearers of All Teachers Grand Alliance asked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to give them protracted timescale and up-gradation forthwith.

Teachers ask for unconditional timescale

Are all of the people complaining about the timescale and inconvenience the same people who complain that the council never does anything?