geologic time scale

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geologic time scale (plural geologic time scales)

  1. A chronological scale of the earth's history used to measure the relative or absolute age of any part of geologic time.
    Synonym: GTS (initialism)
    • 2018 May 2, Mark Carnall, “What is geologic time, and how does it work?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 October 2026:
      If maths and physics are the nearest we have to a universal language to communicate with visiting extra-terrestrials, handing them a geologic time scale would be about as useful as a Jackson Pollock painting. It looks hella scientific […] but essentially it’s a very fancy way of telling the story about the history of the Earth.

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