timeline
noun
- way of displaying a list of events in chronological order
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn/
noun
Etymology: From time + line.
- A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).
“But, as things stand, there's no timeline in place for reopening.”
- The feed of a social media service, especially when ordered chronologically.
“Your Timeline is essentially your home base on Facebook, the place where all your Facebook friends can view your information and activity.”
“I got bitches askin' me about the code for the Wi-Fi / So they can talk about they timeline / And show me pictures of they friends”
- A schedule of activities; a timetable.
““Once you’ve seen how these systems are cobbled together – the biases, the rushed timelines, the constant compromises – you stop seeing AI as futuristic and start seeing it as fragile,” said Adio Dinika, who studies the labor behind AI at the Distributed AI Research Institute, about people who work behind the scenes.”
- An individual universe or reality, especially a parallel/alternate one in which events differ from actual history, or differ from the established canon of a fictional world.
“on an alternate timeline”
“worst timeline”
verb
Etymology: From time + line.
- To analyse a sequence of events or activities.
- To display such a sequence graphically.