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scale Definition:
- Scale or scales may refer to:
| 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. |
| 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 Synonyme:
| scale Danish balance Indian file Lambert conformal projection Mercator projection Miller projection Roman balance Weightometer accommodation ladder adjust aeronautical chart alloy balance amount amplitude analytical balance area arrange in layers array articulation ascend assay balance astronomical chart atlas azimuthal equidistant projection azimuthal projection balance balance of precision bank barometer barrel scale beam bigness board body breach breadth break breakage bulk bullion balance burst bust buzz cake caking caliber calibration canon carry cartographer cartography catena catenation celestial chart celestial globe chain chain reaction chaining chart check chip chip off chorographer chorography chromatic scale clamber clamber up cleft climatic chart climb climb over climb up coat coating compass concatenation conic projection connection consecution continuum contour line contour map counter scale course coverage crack criterion crust cut cycle cylinder scale cylindrical projection dandruff decorticate decrease degree delaminate depth descent desquamate diameter diapason dimension dimensions diminish dodecuple scale doorstep drone drum scale enamel encrustation endless belt endless round enharmonic scale enlarge escalade escalate eschar exfoliate expanse expansion extension extension ladder extent facing fan scale file filiation film fissure flake flake off flexure plate scale floccule flocculus flock folding ladder footrest footstep foray fracture fur gamut gangway ladder gap gauge general reference map girth globe gnomonic projection go up gradation grade graduated scale graduation graphic scale great scale greatness grid line hachure height heliographic chart hierarchy hum hydrographic chart imbrication increase incrustation index inroad interval inundate invade isoline lacquer ladd |
| scale down abridge compress contract curtail cut cut back cut down damp dampen decrease deduct deflate depreciate depress diminish downgrade lessen lower minify pare reduce retrench roll back shorten simplify step down take from tune down |