🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Échelle temporelle

Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-shel temp-or-el

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Timescale/ˈtaɪm.skeɪl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"L'échelle temporelle aide à comprendre les événements historiques."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A system or scale used to measure or describe the duration of events.

    "The geological timescale helps scientists understand the history of Earth."
  2. 2

    A specific period during which a particular process or event occurs.

    "The project was completed within a tight timescale."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'timescale' is derived from the combination of 'time', originating from Old English 'tima', and 'scale', which comes from the Latin 'scala', meaning ladder or staircase. The term evolved in the 20th century to denote a specific duration or period in which events occur.

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