Thread: "is of a geological time frame"
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Old 13-Oct-2006, 10:59
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Default Re: "is of a geological time frame"
Yes. "Geological" is used like that; another word with a related (but not the same) meaning is "astronomical", which can be used just to refer to very big numbers or can be used in general-purpose hyperbolic expressions such as "the costs were astronomical".

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