Look up: Scale


  1. Scale
    Carving resembling overlapping fish scales.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20018

  2. scale
    a series of notes organized in ascending or descending order to form a pattern of whole steps and half steps.
    Found op http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~cynthia.cyrus/ORB/orbgloss.htm

  3. 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 op http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/glossary/bfgloss.htm

  4. Scale
    Sucking insects. Usually more prevalent in milder climates. Not to be taken lightly, and need to be treated.
    Found op http://www.emilycompost.com/garden_glossary.htm

  5. scale
    A machine used to weigh products.
    Found op http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_search.cfm

  6. scale
    [Noun] The size or extent of something.
    Example: At daylight the scale of the disaster was revealed.

    Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary/

  7. Scale
    The ratio of a distance measured on a map against that same distance on the ground, details ...
    Found op http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/s/index.htm

  8. scale
    To change the size of a glyph or image by altering it proportionally.
    Found op http://www.jgoffin.freeserve.co.uk/abf/glossary.htm

  9. 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 s...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=scale

  10. 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...
    Found op http://www.hobbyshed.co.uk/model_kit_modelmaking_guides_glossary_qrst.htm

  11. 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 op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  12. Scale
    To identify the percent by which photographs or art should be enlarged or reduced to achieve, the correct size for printing.
    Found op http://www.tso.co.uk/solutions/publishingsolutions/printproduction/printglo



  1. 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 op http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definition/1457-Scale

  2. 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 op http://www.1st-direct.com/acatalog/Chemical_Glossary.html

  3. 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 op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829

  4. scale
    On a graph, the numbers placed at fixed distances to help label the graph
    Example:

    Found op http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index6.html

  5. scale
    The ratio between two sets of measurements
    Example:
    scale 1 cm : 2 m

    Found op http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index6.html

  6. Scale
    A small, usually dry leaf that is closely pressed against another organ.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20901

  7. Scale
    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 op http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/glossarys.shtml

  8. 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 op http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%20glossary/rods%20photographic%20gl

  9. Scale
    To change the proportion of an image by increasing or decreasing its size.
    Found op http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%20glossary/rods%20photographic%20gl

  10. 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 ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/24

  11. 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 accordin...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/24

  12. Scale
    Scale noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon scealu , scalu , a shell, parings; akin to Dutch schaal , German schale , Old High German scala , Dan. & Swedish skal a shell, Danish skiæl a fish scale, Goth. skalj...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/24

  13. Scale
    Scale transitive verb 1. To strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler. 2. To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface. 'If all the...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/24

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