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Scale

noun

1.

An ordered reference standard. Synonyms: graduated table, ordered series, scale of measurement.

2.

Relative magnitude.

3.

The ratio between the size of something and a representation of it. "The scale of the model"

4.

A specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin. Synonym: scale leaf.

5.

A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin. Synonyms: exfoliation, scurf.

6.

(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave). Synonym: musical scale.

7.

A measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass. Synonym: weighing machine.

8.

An indicator having a graduated sequence of marks.

9.

A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners). Synonyms: plate, shell.

10.

A flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals.

verb

(past & past part. scaled; pres. part. scaling)

1.

Measure by or as if by a scale.

2.

Pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard.

3.

Take by attacking with scaling ladders.

4.

Reach the highest point of. Synonym: surmount.

5.

Climb up by means of a ladder.

6.

Remove the scales from. Synonym: descale.

7.

Measure with or as if with scales.

8.

Size or measure according to a scale.

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— Little Dorrit • Charles Dickens

... a newly-born monkey fastened to a fish's body. I forget now what fish. Then with incredible pains, they laid rows upon rows of fish scales all over the monkey's shoulders and chest. Wonderful work. Each scale was glued on separately, beginning from scales almost microscopic and shading both in size and color exactly into those of the fish hinder portion. The work was so exquisitely done that its artificiality could not be detected. But live mermaids ...

— The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries • Francis Rolt-Wheeler

... had written his Lucretius, and, to please Sir George Grove, wrote The Song of the Wrens, for music. Tennyson had not that positive aversion to music which marked Dr Johnson, Victor Hugo, Theophile Gautier, and some other poets. Nay, he liked Beethoven, which places him higher in the musical scale than Scott, who did not rise above a Border lilt or a Jacobite ditty. The Wren songs, entitled The Window, were privately printed by Sir Ivor Guest in 1867, were set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, and published by Strahan in ...

— Alfred Tennyson • Andrew Lang

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