time framen.
/ˈtʌɪm freɪm/, U.S. /ˈtaɪm ˌfreɪm/ 1. A conceptual framework or frame of reference within which the time-related aspects of something may be considered.
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1893 Mind 2 386 A view which connects by close-fitting links the progressive content of the vast time-frame.
1922 A. S. Eddington Theory of Relativity 17 The instant on the sun which is simultaneous with a given instant on the earth is indeterminate (varying according to the space and time frame employed).
1933 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 54 335 There results a difference of method [between Homer and Vergil] particularly as relates to the representation of events within a time frame.
2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Apr. 4/4 The narrator shuttles dizzyingly between points of view and time-frames, thereby endowing the book with the character of a political thriller.
2. A limited and established period of time during which an event, sequence of events, etc., took place, is planned to take place, or is thought to have taken place; a schedule.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > timetable or schedule
timesc1410
time bill1810
train indicator1849
time sheet1850
horary1851
timetable1856
schedule1863
horarium1921
sked1929
time frame1946
timeline1948
1946 Jrnl. Business Univ. Chicago 19 36/1 It would be unlikely..for normal competitive conditions to exist in a controlled wartime economy built to operate in a relatively short time-frame.
1969 Ottawa Commons Deb. 24 July 11573/1 In a timeframe of less than seven decades in length,..man has ceased to remain earthbound.
1976 ‘R. B. Dominic’ Murder out of Comm. xx. 179 Somebody had..shot him. The time frame was pretty well established: between twelve o'clock, when he had phoned the desk, and twelve fifteen, when Ben and Tony arrived.
2010 D. D. Crawford Thirst for Souls 84 He..thought that if he was going to have to spend three years in seminary, there was no reason why he could not fit a master's degree into the same time frame.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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