TIMELINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does timeline mean? 

• TIMELINE (noun)
  The noun TIMELINE has 1 sense:

1. a sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom)

  Familiarity information: TIMELINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIMELINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("timeline" is a kind of...):

chronology (a record of events in the order of their occurrence)

 Context examples 

It appears you will be dealing with Capricorn-type executives, so be ready to suggest the budget, the crew, and the timeline for when you can get the project done.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The analysis allowed the researchers to build an evolutionary timeline to estimate when key enterococci traits emerged.

(Enterococci may have evolved antimicrobial resistance millions of years ago, NIH)

The manganese oxides were found in mineral veins within a geological setting the Curiosity mission has placed in a timeline of ancient environmental conditions.

(NASA Rover Findings Point to a More Earth-like Martian Past, NASA)

Dating of the material, which is thought to be early concrete, suggested it was between 10,000 and 12,000 years old, which would fit the rough timeline of when Atlantis is said to have existed.

(Researchers Claim to Have Found Mythical City of Atlantis in Spain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This allowed the researchers to use advanced analysis techniques to search for the genes that seemed to be sensitive to aging, and create a standard curve, or timeline, that described the way they changed.

(NIH scientists search for the clocks behind aging brain disorders, National Institutes of Health)

Researchers could tell by creating the first comprehensive timeline of large craters on the Moon formed in the last billion years by using images and thermal data collected by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

(Moon Data Sheds Light on Earth’s Asteroid Impact History, NASA)

The coming year 2021 will be very exciting for you, a landmark year on your timeline.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

They then checked this timeline against the fossil record of terrestrial animal evolution.

(Enterococci may have evolved antimicrobial resistance millions of years ago, NIH)

When the scientists compared those to the timeline of Earth’s craters, they found the two bodies had recorded the same history of asteroid bombardment—one that contradicts theories about Earth’s impact rate.

(Moon Data Sheds Light on Earth’s Asteroid Impact History, NASA)

The new moon of November 26 in Sagittarius four degrees will be an even bigger, more major moment in your timeline for career.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)