1 the period of time that is needed to do an activity or process: --
a 90-day/12-month/30-year, etc. timescale Biotech companies typically have a 10 to 15-year timescale for product development.
a reasonable/tight/agreed timescale
put a timescale on sth At present, we are unable to put a timescale on public funding cuts.
within/in/over a timescale You have the right to cancel your order if it fails to show within the timescale specified.
set/give/determine a timescale The SEC has not yet set a timescale for registration of the new funds.
a timescale for sth A draft released late last night contains no firm timescale for cutting emissions.
In particular, the definition of starting points, boundaries and timescale are important in this context.
One of the main goals will thus consist in precisely defining this timescale.
The timescale of most simulations (ca. 10 ns) is short, of comparable duration to that of permeation of a single ion.
A timescale represents the relative speed at which phenomena occur, such as seconds, hours, months.
Different interpretations can also be made depending on the timescale of the study.
Because of this, the dictionary definition of sudden, in which the human timescale is implied, is not helpful.
For a given timescale of the problem, the aggregation hierarchies and time-scale information jointly determine the simplifications that are allowed.
Separate target-participants may be replaced by their aggregates when they equilibriate on a timescale at least as fast as the timescale of the problem itself.
