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Scale

noun

1.

An ordered reference standard. Synonyms: graduated table, ordered series, scale of measurement.

2.

Relative magnitude.

3.

The ratio between the size of something and a representation of it. "The scale of the model"

4.

A specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin. Synonym: scale leaf.

5.

A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin. Synonyms: exfoliation, scurf.

6.

(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave). Synonym: musical scale.

7.

A measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass. Synonym: weighing machine.

8.

An indicator having a graduated sequence of marks.

9.

A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners). Synonyms: plate, shell.

10.

A flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals.

verb

(past & past part. scaled; pres. part. scaling)

1.

Measure by or as if by a scale.

2.

Pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard.

3.

Take by attacking with scaling ladders.

4.

Reach the highest point of. Synonym: surmount.

5.

Climb up by means of a ladder.

6.

Remove the scales from. Synonym: descale.

7.

Measure with or as if with scales.

8.

Size or measure according to a scale.

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"Scale" Quotes from Famous Books

... and his family were considered people of high social standing in Annapolis and the people in the county. Mr. Davidson entertained on a large scale, especially many of the officers of the Naval Academy at Annapolis and his friends from Baltimore. Mrs. Davidson's dishes were considered the finest, and to receive an invitation from the Davidsons meant ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Maryland Narratives • Works Projects Administration

... the prudence which had sustained William Vane, the poor law student, in his solitary Temple chambers entirely forsook William Vane, the young Earl of Mount Severn, and he commenced his career on a scale of speed so great, that all staid people said he was going to ruin ...

— East Lynne • Mrs. Henry Wood

... come nere to it, bicause he maie be hurte, not onely on the front, but by flancke. If the walles be made high, thei bee to moche subjecte to the blowes of the artillerie: if thei be made lowe, thei bee moste easie to scale. If thou makeste the diches on the out side thereof, for to give difficultie to the Ladders, if it happen that the enemie fill them up (whiche a great armie maie easely dooe) the wall remaineth taken of thenemie. Therefore purposyng to provide to the one and thother foresaid inconveniences, ...

— Machiavelli, Volume I - The Art of War; and The Prince • Niccolo Machiavelli

... in the North Countree, And never its gates might opened be, Save to lord or lady of high degree; Summer besieged it on every side, But the churlish stone her assaults defied; 25 She could not scale the chilly wall, Though round it for leagues her pavilions tall Stretched left and right, Over the hills and out of sight; Green and broad was every tent, 30 And out of each a murmur went Till the breeze ...

— The Ontario High School Reader • A.E. Marty

... use. The principal aim in the design of these indicators has been to obtain instruments which will not alter their calibration in consequence of external disturbing forces. If this object can be attained, then it will be possible to divide the scale of each instrument directly into amperes or volts, as the cause may be, and thus avoid the use of a coefficient of calibration by which the deflection has to be multiplied. This is an important consideration when it is remembered that ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 • Various

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