scale

noun

  1. 1

    a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

  2. 2

    a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

  3. 3

    an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks

  4. 4

    a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass

  5. 5

    (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

  6. 6

    a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

  7. 7

    a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin

  8. 8

    relative magnitude

    they entertained on a grand scale

  9. 9

    the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it

    the scale of the map

    the scale of the model

  10. 10

    an ordered reference standard

    judging on a scale of 1 to 10

verb

  1. 1

    size or measure according to a scale

    This model must be scaled down

  2. 2

    measure with or as if with scales

    scale the gold

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