"Short timescales" refers to a short amount of time. It means that something happens or is measured over a brief period, rather than a long period of time.
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- It has been well known for many years that ENSO is associated with significant variability in global temperatures on short timescales of several years. (skepticalscience.com)
- «This not only demonstrates the evolutionary link between accretion and rotation - powered millisecond pulsars,» said Ransom, «but also that some systems can swing between the two states on very short timescales.» (sciencedaily.com)
- They estimate the condensations will each form a star in about 40,000 years, a relatively short timescale in astronomical terms. (sciencedaily.com)
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