Timescape
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A perspective over a period (particularly a long period) of time.
"Our timescape of life is really a picture showing the fluctuating diversity of life over the past 700 million years. There was little diversity before that time owing to the dominance of blue-green algae. What our timescape shows is, as expected, a number of surges in the diversity of life: […]"
- 2 A multi-dimensional view of time, especially one in which time travel occurs.
"timescape n. time conceived of, or perceived as, possessing multiple dimensions."
Example
More examples"Our timescape of life is really a picture showing the fluctuating diversity of life over the past 700 million years. There was little diversity before that time owing to the dominance of blue-green algae. What our timescape shows is, as expected, a number of surges in the diversity of life: […]"
Etymology
From time + -scape, probably by analogy with landscape.
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