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timeline

[tīm′līn′]

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noun

The definition of a timeline is a list of events in the order that they happened.
1. An example of a timeline is what a policeman will construct to figure out a crime.
2. An example of a timeline is a listing of details regarding an important time in history.

timeline

noun

a chart, table, etc. of historical dates and events in chronological order, typically including summaries and illustrations
any chronological summary or listing of historical or planned events

Also written time line

timeline

noun

A schedule of activities or events; a timetable.
a. A chronology.
b. A representation or exhibit of key events within a particular historical period, often consisting of illustrative visual material accompanied by written commentary, arranged chronologically.

timeline

Noun

(plural timelines)

a graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future); a chronology
a schedule of activities; a timetable

Verb

(third-person singular simple present timelines, present participle timelining, simple past and past participle timelined)

To analyse a sequence of events or activities.
To display such a sequence graphically.

Origin

time +â€Ž line

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She paced in front of one wall, staring again at the map of the eastern U.S., where the attacks and their kill zones were marked with a running timeline beneath it.
She returned to her chair, eyes straying to the screen displaying the timeline of the nuke attacks that had plummeted the eastern part of the country into chaos.
Instead, she rose and stared again at the animated timeline, wishing her conclusions were something other than what they were.
Katie's mind went to Gabe's words about needing to leave before the seventh day. It was day six. She wasn't sure they'd make his timeline – or even why it still mattered that she reached wherever he was taking her. There had to be something to what he told her, and she wished once more he'd told her why.
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