timebase
noun
timebase is a noun meaning “A time period used as a base measurement or frequency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-I-M-E-B-A-S-E, and it appears about once in every 60 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of timebase is timebases.
What does timebase mean?
noun
- 1
A time period used as a base measurement or frequency.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of timebase
- timebases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is timebase?
Timebase appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does timebase come from?
From time + base.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).