"on a timescale" is a perfectly valid phrase that can be used in written English.
For example, you might say: "We need to finish this project on a timescale of four weeks."
"It's like for other patients, we are on a timescale which goes from one year to three years and we need to be patient," he said.
This occurs on a timescale of about 200 femtoseconds.
This behaviour is transient on a timescale of minutes.
The signature of climate change reveals itself on a timescale of decades to centuries, not years".
This delay presents itself on a timescale larger than 10 seconds. 1.
But this Python "general solution" is being completed, on a timescale of a few months.
Movement of this interface occurs on a timescale of months rather than a regular seasonal variation.
This, I realise, is a travelling landscape, a place in movement, but on a timescale almost beyond comprehension.
They understand the evidence pointing to a need to end fossil fuel use on a timescale of decades.
The amount of light in natural environments varies widely, on a timescale ranging from seconds to seasons.
It enables adsorption rates to be measured on a timescale of about 1 s.
