Gunter's scale () A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant. |
Scale (n.) The dish of a balance |
Scale (n.) The sign or constellation Libra. |
Scale (v. t.) To weigh or measure according to a scale |
Scale (n.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid. |
Scale (n.) Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish |
Scale (n.) One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura |
Scale (n.) A scale insect. (See below.) |
Scale (n.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement |
Scale (n.) The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife. |
Scale (n.) An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler. |
Scale (n.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals. |
Scale (v. t.) To strip or clear of scale or scales |
Scale (v. t.) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth |
Scale (v. t.) To scatter |
Scale (v. t.) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder. |
Scale (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae |
Scale (v. i.) To separate |
Scale (n.) A ladder |
Scale (n.) Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals. |
Scale (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale. |
Scale (n.) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances |
Scale (n.) A basis for a numeral system |
Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave |
Scale (n.) Gradation |
Scale (n.) Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts |
Scale (v. t.) To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder |
Scale (v. i.) To lead up by steps |
Scale-winged (a.) Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera |
Track (n.) A mark left by something that has passed along |
Track (n.) A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast |
Track (n.) The entire lower surface of the foot |
Track (n.) A road |
Track (n.) Course |
Track (n.) A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc. |
Track (n.) The permanent way |
Track (n.) A tract or area, as of land. |
Track (v. t.) To follow the tracks or traces of |
Track (v. t.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power |
Track-road (n.) A towing path. |
record track record | the sum of recognized accomplishments, the lawyer has a good record, the track record shows that he will be a good president |
track record | the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack, the track record for the mile and a half at Belmont is minutes seconds held by Secretariat since |
fast track | a rapid means of achieving a goal, they saw independence as the fast track to democracy, he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder, the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped |
economy of scale | the saving in cost of production that is due to mass production |
track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it |
track running | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track |
Binet-Simon Scale | the first intelligence test |
scale | a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals |
fish scale | scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish |
scale insect | small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering |
soft scale | an insect active in all stages |
brown soft scale Coccus hesperidum | pest on citrus trees |
armored scale | insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female |
San Jose scale Aspidiotus perniciosus | small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees |
branch line spur track spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line |
cinder track | a racetrack paved with fine cinders |
dirt track | a racetrack that is not paved |
half track | a track that goes around only rear wheels |
half track | a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks, frequently used by the military |
laugh track | prerecorded laughter added to the soundtrack of a radio or television show |
plate scale shell | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
racetrack racecourse raceway track | a course over which races are run |
railroad track railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
scale | an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks |
scale weighing machine | a measuring instrument for weighing, shows amount of mass |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
steelyard lever scale beam scale | a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length |
track cart track cartroad | any road or path affording passage especially a rough one |
track rail rails runway | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll |
track | a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels |
track | a groove on a phonograph recording |
track data track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data |
track caterpillar track caterpillar tread | an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground |
tramline tramway streetcar track | the track on which trams or streetcars run |
vernier scale vernier | a small movable scale that slides along a main scale, the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale |
pH pH scale | (from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter, provides a measure on a scale from to of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution (where is neutral and greater than is more basic and less than is more acidic), |
inside track | a favorable position in a competition, the boss's son had the inside track for that job |
lead track trail | evidence pointing to a possible solution, the police are following a promising lead, the trail led straight to the perpetrator |
scale value | a value on some scale of measurement |
cut track | a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc, he played the first cut on the cd, the title track of the album |
scale musical scale | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) |
diatonic scale | a scale with eight notes in an octave, all but two are separated by whole tones |
major scale major diatonic scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the rd and th and th and th |
minor scale minor diatonic scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the nd and rd and th and th |
chromatic scale | a -note scale including all the semitones of the octave |
gapped scale | a musical scale with fewer than seven notes |
pentatonic scale pentatone | a gapped scale with five notes, usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted |
C major C major scale scale of C major | (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats |
track meet | a track and field competition between two or more teams |
track event | a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor) |