Scale

Noun

 * 1) An ordered numerical sequence used for measurement.
 * Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.
 * 1) Size; scope.
 * The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale.
 * There are some who question the scale of our ambitions.
 * 1) The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
 * This map uses a scale of 1:10.
 * 1) A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced
 * Even though precision can be carried to an extreme, the scales which now are drawn in (and usually connected to an appropriate figure by an arrow) will allow derivation of meaningful measurements.
 * 1) A means of assigning a magnitude.
 * The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the open-ended Richter scale.
 * 1)  A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
 * 1)  A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.

Derived terms

 * major scale
 * minor scale
 * modal scale
 * scale invariance
 * scale model
 * Richter scale
 * Celsius scale
 * Kelvin scale
 * Fahrenheit scale

Related terms

 * to scale
 * widescale

Hyponyms

 * tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, leading note, octave interval

Verb

 * 1)  To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
 * We should scale that up by a factor of 10.
 * 1)  To climb to the top of.
 * Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest.
 * 1) * 1918,, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX
 * At last I came to the great barrier-cliffs; and after three days of mad effort--of maniacal effort--I scaled them. I built crude ladders; I wedged sticks in narrow fissures; I chopped toe-holds and finger-holds with my long knife; but at last I scaled them. Near the summit I came upon a huge cavern.
 * 1)  (computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
 * That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.

Related terms

 * scale up
 * scale down
 * scaling ladder

Noun

 * 1) Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
 * 2) A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
 * 3) A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
 * 4) A pine nut of a pinecone.
 * 5) The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
 * 6) Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
 * 7) Limescale

Verb

 * 1)  To remove the scales of.
 * Please scale that fish for dinner.
 * 1)  To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
 * The dry weather is making my skin scale.

Noun

 * 1) A device to measure mass or weight.
 * After the long, lazy winter I was afraid to get on the scale.
 * 1) Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.

Thesaurus
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, ladder, lamella, lamina, laminate, largeness, latitude, lay down, lay up, layer, layer tint, leap, legend, length, level, lever scales, line, lineage, long-arm balance, longitude, lower, magnitude, major scale, make a raid, make an inroad, map, map maker, map projection, mapper, mark, mass, measure, measurement, melodic minor, meridian, minor scale, model, monotone, mount, nexus, norm, notch, nuance, octave scale, overlay, overwhelm, paint, pair of scales, parallel, parameter, paring, pas, pastry shell, pattern, peel, peg, pellicle, pendulum, pentatonic scale, period, periodicity, photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, piecrust, pitch, plane, plaque, plate, plate fulcrum scale, plateau, platform scale, plenum, point, political map, polyconic projection, powder train, precision balance, precision scale, progression, projection, proportion, proportions, prorate, quantity, quarter ladder, queue, radius, raid, raise, ramp, range, rank, ranking, rate, ratio, reach, reading, readout, recurrence, reduce, register, regulate, relief map, remove, rent, representative fraction, rest, reticulation, revetment, rift, rip, riser, road map, rotation, round, routine, row, rule, run, rundle, rung, rupture, scab, scale off, scale the heights, scale the walls, scales, scope, scrabble up, scramble up, scum, scurf, scute, scutum, sequence, series, shade, shadow, shaving, shell, shin, shin up, shinny, short-arm balance, single file, sinusoidal projection, size, skin, slash, slice, slit, snap, space, special map, spectrum, spiral balance, splinter, split, spoke, spread, stair, stalactite, stalagmite, standard, stave, step, step stool, stepladder, stepping-stone, stern ladder, stint, storm, stratify, stretch, string, strip, struggle up, succession, surmount, swath, sweep, take by storm, tartar, tear, temperament, terrain map, terrestrial globe, test, thematic map, thread, tier, topographer, topographic chart, topography, touchstone, train, transportation map, tread, tuning, type, upclimb, upgo, value, varnish, veneer, volume, weather chart, weather map, weigh scales, weighbridge, weighing machine, weight voltameter, whole-tone scale, width, windrow, yardstick

Etymology 1
From scala:, usually in plural scalae:, for *undefined: < scandere:; see scan, ascend, descend, etc.

Etymology 2
< scale: <  scealu:,  scala:; compare  escale:,  écale:,  scaglia:.

Etymology 3
From skál:. Confer Danish skål:, Dutch schaal; German Schale; Old High German scāla; Gothic skalja, Old English scealu ("cup", "shell"). Cognate with scale, as in Etymology 2.

Noun

 * Crimean Tatar: şkala
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: 目盛り
 * Lithuanian: skalė


 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgèile
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: lestvica, skala
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: స్కేలు (skaelu)


 * Crimean Tatar: şkala
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: μέγεθος,
 * Japanese: 大きさ,
 * Lithuanian:


 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: velikost, merilo
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: స్థాయి (sthaayi), పరిమాణము (parimaaNamu)


 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 標度, 标度 (biāodù)
 * Crimean Tatar: şkala
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 縮尺比


 * Korean: 정도 (jeongdo)
 * Lithuanian: mastelis
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgèile
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: merilo
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: måttstock, skala
 * Telugu: స్కేలు (skaelu)


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: 強度, 等級
 * Lithuanian: skalė


 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgèile
 * Serbian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: lestvica
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: కొలత (kolata), ప్రమాణము (pramaaNamu)


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 * Japanese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgèile
 * Slovene: lestvica
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * Estonian: mõõtmestama
 * Finnish:, muuttaa mittakaavaa
 * French: agrandir (scale up), réduire (scale down)


 * German: skalieren
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Japanese: 登る
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 見合う


 * Polish: skalować się

Noun

 * Ainu: ラㇺラㇺ (ramram)
 * Armenian:, թեփուկ
 * Cebuano: kalis
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: unahi
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 비늘 (bineul)
 * Lithuanian: žvynai
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: solz
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: krljušt
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: luska
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kaliskis
 * Volapük: tegül


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Japanese: 鱗片


 * Russian:
 * Swahili:


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 * Russian:
 * Slovene: luska
 * Swahili:


 * Finnish:
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 * Japanese: 鱗片
 * Swahili:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: pajahilse


 * French:
 * Swahili:


 * Finnish: suomupanssari
 * French: armure d’écailles


 * German: Schuppenpanzer
 * Swahili:

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: entschuppen
 * Japanese: 鱗を落とす, 鱗を除く


 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese: ガサガサにする, 肌荒れを起こす


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: fjälla

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian:, ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: vaaka, varsivaaka
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: તુલા (tulā)
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: balanco
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: はかり,, 天秤


 * Kurdish:
 * Lithuanian: svarstyklės
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: вага, теразије , кантар
 * Roman: vaga, terazije , kantar
 * Slovene: tehtnica, vaga
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: balansvåg, våg, vågskål
 * Telugu: త్రాసు (traasu), కాటా (kaaTaa)
 * Turkish: ,
 * Urdu: (tarāzū),  (tulā) ,  (mīzān)


 * Armenian: նժար
 * Bosnian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: plateau (d'une balance )
 * German:
 * Japanese:, 天秤


 * Russian: чаша весов
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: тас
 * Roman: tas
 * Swahili:

Anagrams

 * laces

Noun
scale



Anagrams

 * calse, salce