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- Dictionaryscale/skeɪl/
noun
- 1. a graduated range of values forming a standard system for measuring or grading something: "a new salary scale is planned for all universities" Similar
- 2. the relative size or extent of something: "no one foresaw the scale of the disaster" Similar
verb
- 1. climb up or over (something high and steep): "thieves scaled a high fence"
- 2. represent in proportional dimensions; reduce or increase in size according to a common scale.
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SCALE definition: 1. a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level of something: 2. the…. Learn more.
1. a. : a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fish. b. : a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale. scales of mica. the scales on a moth's wing.
A scale is a series that climbs up or down. Think of scaling, or climbing, a mountain; a musical scale: do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do; or a scale you weigh yourself on––it counts up the pounds one after another after another.
The ratio or fraction between the distance on a map, chart, or photograph and the corresponding distance on the surface of the Earth. See also conversion scale; graphic scale; photographic scale; principal scale.
A scale is a set of levels or numbers which are used in a particular system of measuring things or are used when comparing things. ...an earthquake measuring five-point-five on the Richter scale. The patient rates the therapies on a scale of zero to ten. The higher up the social scale they are, the more the men have to lose.
: a device that is used for weighing people or things. [count] (US) a bathroom scale. [plural] (Brit) He stepped onto the bathroom scales. — see picture at bathroom. tip the scales. — see 1 tip. — compare 2 scale, 4 scale. 2 scale / ˈ skeɪl/ noun. plural scales. Britannica Dictionary definition of SCALE. [count]
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Measurement, Music, Biology, Maths scale1 /skeɪl/ S2 W2 noun 1 size/level [singular, uncountable] the size or level of something, or the amount that something is happening scale of We had underestimated the scale of the problem. on a large/small/grand etc scale There has been ho...
Definitions of 'scale' 1. If you refer to the scale of something, you are referring to its size or extent, especially when it is very big. [...] 2. See also full-scale, large-scale, small-scale. 3. A scale is a set of levels or numbers which are used in a particular system of measuring things or are used when comparing things. [...] More.
UK /skeɪl/ noun 1. each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another 2. a thick, dry flake of skin a rudimentary leaf, feather, or bract each of numerous microscopic structures covering the wings of butterflies and moths 3. (mass noun) a flaky covering or deposit a whit...
n. a series of degrees that represent amounts of something:[countable] On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate his acting performance? Mathematics a series of marks laid down at certain distances, such as along a line, for measuring, adding, etc.:[countable] the scale of a thermometer.
