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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 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 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.
Scale definition: one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.. See examples of SCALE used in a sentence.
[countable, usually singular] the set of all the different levels of something, from the lowest to the highest. At the other end of the scale, life is a constant struggle to get enough to eat. You're higher on the social scale than I am.
SCALE definition: 1. the size or level of something: 2. A large-/small-scale event or activity is large/small in…. Learn more.