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Timeline
//ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).
"But, as things stand, there's no timeline in place for reopening."
- 2 a sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom) wordnet
- 3 The feed of a social media service, especially when ordered chronologically.
"Your Timeline is essentially your home base on Facebook, the place where all your Facebook friends can view your information and activity."
- 4 A schedule of activities; a timetable.
"“Once you’ve seen how these systems are cobbled together – the biases, the rushed timelines, the constant compromises – you stop seeing AI as futuristic and start seeing it as fragile,” said Adio Dinika, who studies the labor behind AI at the Distributed AI Research Institute, about people who work behind the scenes."
- 5 An individual universe or reality, especially a parallel/alternate one in which events differ from actual history, or differ from the established canon of a fictional world.
"on an alternate timeline"
Verb
- 1 To analyse a sequence of events or activities.
- 2 To display such a sequence graphically.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From time + line.
Etymology 2
From time + line.
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