Look up: scaling

1. scaling
   The pricing of merchandise on the basis of weight and retail price.
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2. scaling
   [n] - the act of arranging in a graduated series 2. [n] - act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale 3. [n] - ascent by or as if by a ladder
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3. Scaling
   scraping of the tooth above the gums.
   Found on http://www.cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/
   
   
4. Scaling
   Alters the size of an image. This is used in 3D games to make the object look further away/nearer.
   Found on http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/s.html
   
   
5. scaling
   (1) The formation at high temperatures of thick corrosion product layers on a metal surface. (2) The deposition of water-insoluble constituents on a metal surface.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20742
   
   
6. Scaling
   A means of calculating the amount of enlargement or reduction necessary to accommodate a photograph within the area of a design.
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7. Scaling
   Scaling: Abnormal shedding or accumulation of an upper layer of skin (the stratum corneum).
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8. scaling
   the increasing or decreasing of the character,for a generator of graphic characters or of a drawing,without changing the proportions of their elements Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • in whiteheart malleable after annealing in oxidising atmosphere:separa...
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9. Scaling
   Exercise to compare the sum of individual school projections with a separately calculated projection for the whole area and to adjust the individual projections up or down so the totals are equal.
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10. Scaling
    Scal'ing (skāl'ĭng) adjective 1. Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc. 2. Servin...
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11. scaling
    1. Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc. ... 2. Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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12. scaling
    noun the act of arranging in a graduated series
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13. scaling
    (skāl´ing) the removal of scale (plaque, bacterial endotoxins, and calculus) from a tooth with a scaler. measurement of something using a scale. hand scaling scaling and oral débridement using a manual scaler. ultrasonic scaling scaling u...
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14. Scaling
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scale • (a.) Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place. • (a.) Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.
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15. scaling
    (from the article `mining`) After the broken rock has been removed (and sometimes even during the loading process), the roof, walls, and face are cleaned of loose rock. This ...
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16. scaling
    (from the article `keyboard instrument`) The tone of a pipe is determined by many factors, including the pressure of the wind supply, the size of the foot hole, the width of the flue, the ...
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17. Scaling
    How the characteristics of an object change as you change the size of your measuring device. For a three dimensional object, it could be the volume of an object covered as you increase the radius of a covering sphere. In a times series, it could be the change in the amplitude of the time series as you increase the increment of time.
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18. Scaling
    Changing the units of measurement, usually for the numerical stability of an algorithm. The variables are transformed as x' = Sx, where S=diag(s_j). The diagonal elements are the scale values, which are positive: s₁, ..., s_n > 0. Constraint function values ca...
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19. Scaling
    The conversion of MADC voltages into engineering units which humans can understand. Scaling factors for the devices in the ACNET system are kept in the database of the VAX.
    Found on http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/acc
    
    
20. Scaling
    Removal of loose rock from the roof or walls. This work is dangerous and a long bar (called a scaling bar)is often used.
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21. Scaling
    The breaking away of a hardened concrete surface, usually to a depth off/IS' to 3/16'.
    Found on http://www.moxie-intl.com/glossary.htm
    
    
22. scaling
    
    • the act of arranging in a graduated series
    • ascent by or as if by a ladder
    • pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
    • reach the highest point of
    • climb up by means of a ladder
    
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23. scaling
    (1) The formation at high temperatures of thick corrosion product layers on a metal surface. (2) The deposition of water-insoluble constituents on a metal surface
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21115
    
    
24. Scaling
    Flaking or peeling away of the near-surface portion of hydraulic cement concrete or mortar.
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25. Scaling
    The conversion of MADC voltages into engineering units which humans can understand. Scaling factors for the devices in the ACNET system are kept in the database of the VAX.
    Found on http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/acc