Look up: Scale

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   Scale
   Carving resembling overlapping fish scales.
   Found on http://www.castlesontheweb.com/glossary.
   
   
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   scale
   a series of notes organized in ascending or descending order to form a pattern of whole steps and half steps.
   Found on http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~cynthia.cy
   
   
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   Scale
   A bank that offers to pay different rates of interest on CDs of varying rates is said to 'post a scale.' Commercial paper dealers also post scales.
   Found on http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial
   
   
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   Scale
   Sucking insects. Usually more prevalent in milder climates. Not to be taken lightly, and need to be treated.
   Found on http://www.emilycompost.com/garden_gloss
   
   
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   scale
   A machine used to weigh products.
   Found on http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_s
   
   
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   scale
   [Noun] The size or extent of something.
   Example: At daylight the scale of the disaster was revealed.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
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   Scale
   The ratio of a distance measured on a map against that same distance on the ground, details ...
   Found on http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/s/index.
   
   
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   scale
   To change the size of a glyph or image by altering it proportionally.
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   scale
   [n] - an ordered reference standard 2. [n] - the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it 3. [n] - relative magnitude 4. [n] - a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin 5. [n] - a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin 6. [n] - (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) 7. [n] - a measuring instrument for weighing 8. [n] - an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks 9. [n] - a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals 10. [v] - measure by or as if by a scale 11. [v] - take by attacking with scaling ladders 12. [v] - reach the highest point of 13. [v] - climb up by means of a ladder 14. [v] - pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard 15. [v] - remove the scales from 16. [v] - measure with or as if with scales 17. [v] - size or measure according to a scale
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    Scale
    The relative size to which a model is reproduced. The unit length of a model corresponds to the equivalent length of the original. For example, a model in 1/72 scale means that 1cm of the model equals 72cm of the original. Common indicators for scale include 1/72 and 1:72, but they all mean the same thing.
    Found on http://www.hobbyshed.co.uk/model_kit_mod
    
    
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    Scale
    A weighing machine. The terms scale and balance are often used interchangeably. Historically a scale was a device that displayed weight by measuring a deflection, such as a spring scale. In modern weighing machines scales are usually using springs or strain gauge load cells.
    Found on http://www.inscale-scales.co.uk/glossary
    
    
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    Scale
    To identify the percent by which photographs or art should be enlarged or reduced to achieve, the correct size for printing.
    Found on http://www.tso.co.uk/solutions/publishin
    
    
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    Scale
    the precipitate that forms on surfaces in contact with water as the results of a physical or chemical change, often due to the presence of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) or magnesium carbonate (MgCO3).
    Found on http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definiti
    
    
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    Scale
    Swimming pool chemistry: Usually whitish in color, scale forms on pool surfaces and equipment when mineral salts are forced out of solution. A scaling condition is one in which calcium hardness, pH and/or alkalinity levels are out of balance.
    Found on http://www.1st-direct.com/acatalog/Chemi
    
    
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    Scale
    Increasing or reducing the size of a text or graphic element white retaining the proportion, or height-to-width ratio of the original also the means, within a page layout or graphics application, to reduce or enlarge the amount of space an image will occupy.
    Found on http://www.britishprint.com/tw/glossary.
    
    
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    On a graph, the numbers placed at fixed distances to help label the graph
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    The ratio between two sets of measurements
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    scale 1 cm : 2 m
    
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    Scale
    A small, usually dry leaf that is closely pressed against another organ.
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    scale
    any instrument for measurement Category: Medicine • an instrument for measurement Category: Medicine • the generalized concept of the variability or dispersion of a distribution Category: Statistics • a graduated rod,usually of flat section,used to take linear measurements Category: Physics • a series of marks,figures or other signs on the indicating...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
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    The relationship between actual measurements on a page of plans or blue prints and the actual measurements of the building represented by the plans or blue prints.
    Found on http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/
    
    
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    Scale
    Focusing method consisting of set of marks to indicate distances at which a lens is focused. May be engraved around the lens barrel, on the focusing control or on the camera body.
    Found on http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%
    
    
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    Scale
    To change the proportion of an image by increasing or decreasing its size.
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    Scale
    Definition (keystage 3) The amount by which things get larger or smaller when we perform an enlargement or reduction.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht
    
    
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    Scale
    Scale (skāl) noun [ Anglo-Saxon scāle ; perhaps influenced by the kindred Icelandic skāl balance, dish, akin also to Dutch schaal a scale, bowl, shell, German schale , Old High German scāla , Danish skaal drinking cup, bowl, dish, and perhaps to English scale of a fish. Confer Scale of a fish, Skull the bra ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/24
    
    
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    Scale
    Scale transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Scaled ; present participle & verbal noun Scaling .] To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system. « Scaling his present bearing with his past.» Shak. To scale, or scale down , ...
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