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 |
| economy of scale | the saving in cost of production that is due to mass production |
| 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 |
| plate scale shell | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
| 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 |
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), |
| scale value | a value on some scale of measurement |
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 |
scale
scurf exfoliation | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin |
leafy liverwort
scale moss | moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves, usually epiphytic |
scale
scale leaf | a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin |
scale fern
scaly fern
Asplenium ceterach
Ceterach officinarum | small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds |
| Brix scale | a system for measuring the concentration of sugar solutions |
| Beaufort scale | a scale from
to for the force of the wind |
| scale factor | a number used as a multiplier in scaling |
| time-scale factor | the ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process |
| scale | relative magnitude, they entertained on a grand scale |
| scale | the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it, the scale of the map, the scale of the model |
scale scale of measurement
graduated table
ordered series | an ordered reference standard, judging on a scale of to |
Beaufort scale
wind scale | an international scale of wind force from
(calm air) to (hurricane) |
| logarithmic scale | scale on which actual distances from the origin are proportional to the logarithms of the corresponding scale numbers |
| Mercalli scale | a scale formerly used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake, an earthquake detected only by seismographs is a I and an earthquake that destroys all buildings is a XII |
| Mohs scale | a scale of hardness of solids, talc is
and diamond is , ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance |
| Richter scale | a logarithmic scale of toformerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations |
| moment magnitude scale | a logarithmic scale of to(a successor to the Richter scale) that enables seismologists to compare the energy released by different earthquakes on the basis of the area of the geological fault that ruptured in the quake |
| temperature scale | a system of measuring temperature |
Celsius scale
international scale
centigrade scale | a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as
degrees and the boiling point of water as degrees |
| Fahrenheit scale | a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as degrees and the boiling point of water a degrees |
Kelvin scale
absolute scale | a temperature scale that defines absolute zero as
degrees, water freezes at . degrees and boils at . degrees |
| Rankine scale | a scale of absolute temperature in Fahrenheit degrees, the freezing point of water is . degrees and the boiling point of water is . degrees |
| Reaumur scale | a temperature scale on which water freezes at
degrees and boils atdegrees |
wage scale
wage schedule | a schedule of wages paid for different jobs |
| sliding scale | a wage scale that fluctuates in response to the cost-of-living index |