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   scale

   /skeɪl/

   noun

   • 1. a graduated range of values forming a standard system for measuring or grading something: "a new salary scale is planned for all universities" Similar calibrated systemcalibrationgraduated systemsystem of measurementmeasuring systemregisterhierarchyladderrankingpecking orderorderspectrumprogressionsuccessionsequenceseries
   • ▪ the full range of different levels of people or things, from lowest to highest: "two men at opposite ends of the social scale"
   • ▪ a series of marks at regular intervals in a line used in measuring something: "the mean delivery time is plotted against a scale on the right"
   • ▪ a device having a series of marks at regular intervals for measuring: "she read the exact distance off a scale"
   • ▪ a rule determining the distances between marks on a scale: "the vertical axis is given on a logarithmic scale"
   • 2. the relative size or extent of something: "no one foresaw the scale of the disaster" Similar extentsizescopemagnitudedimensionsrangebreadthcompassdegreereachspreadsweep
   • ▪ a ratio of size in a map, model, drawing, or plan: "a one-fifth scale model of a seven-storey building" Similar ratioproportionrelative size
   • 3. an arrangement of the notes in any system of music in ascending or descending order of pitch: "the scale of C major"
   • ▪ the exercise of performing the notes of one or more scales as a form of practice by a singer or musician: "in music class I dread having to sing scales"
   • 4. a system of numerical notation in which the value of a digit depends upon its position in the number, successive positions representing successive powers of a fixed base: "the conversion of the number to the binary scale"
   • 5. the range of exposures over which a photographic material will give an acceptable variation in density.

   verb

   • 1. climb up or over (something high and steep): "thieves scaled a high fence"
   • 2. represent in proportional dimensions; reduce or increase in size according to a common scale.
   • ▪ (of a quantity or property) be variable according to a particular scale.
   • 3. estimate the amount of timber that will be produced from (a log or uncut tree): North American "the operators were accustomed to having their logs scaled for inventory control"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin scala ‘ladder’ (the verb via Old French escaler or medieval Latin scalare ‘climb’), from the base of Latin scandere ‘to climb’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scaler noun

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   What does scale mean?

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   What is a scale model?

   • Scale models were the preferred method because they allowed not only a quantitative analysis, but also the qualitative aspects to be represented. All photographs used colour film at a scale of 1:25 000 apart from 1964 which were black and white and at 1:16 000. The study area was delimited on aerial photographs (scale 1:50 000).

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   What is a scale & how does it work?

   • A scale is a series that climbs up or down. Think of scaling, or climbing, a mountain; a musical scale: do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do; or a scale you weigh yourself on––it counts up the pounds one after another after another.

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   What does scale mean on a map?

   • Think of scaling, or climbing, a mountain; a musical scale: do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do; or a scale you weigh yourself on––it counts up the pounds one after another after another. Scale can be a ratio too––when maps are drawn "to scale," that means one mile of real road might translate to one inch of road on the map.

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   What is a scale arranged?

   • An ordered system of numbering or indexing that is used as a reference standard in measurement, in which each number corresponds to some physical quantity. Some scales, such as temperature scales, have equal intervals; other scales, such as the Richter scale, are arranged as a geometric progression. An instrument or a machine for weighing.

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   What is a scaly scale?

   • an oxide, especially an iron oxide, occurring in a scaly form on the surface of metal brought to a high temperature. Also called mill scale. such scale formed on iron or steel during hot-rolling. You're infatuated with her now, but the scales will soon fall from your eyes.

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     SCALE meaning: 1. a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to...

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     SCALE translate: 測量, 尺度，刻度；等級, 比例；比例尺, 尺寸, 大小；規模；範圍, 機器, 音樂,...

   • Scale: Arabic Translation

     SCALE translate: مَدى, مِقْياس, مِقياس, سُلَّم موسيقي,...

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   A scale is a series that climbs up or down. Think of scaling, or climbing, a mountain; a musical scale: do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do; or a scale you weigh yourself on––it counts up the pounds one after another after another.

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