Scale definition
Scaled down their demands; scaled back the scheduled pay increase.
The binary scale.
Scaled off the old paint.
Scale the model to be one tenth of actual size.
An example of scale is rock climbing.
An example of scale is to remove the outside layer of rigid, overlapping plates on a fish.
An example of scale is the skin of a fish.
An example of scale is what someone would use to figure out the length of something.
An example of scale is what someone would use to find out how much they weigh.
Judging divers' performances on a scale of 1 to 10.
Entertained on a lavish scale.
Musicians playing a benefit concert for scale.
The decimal scale.
A ruler whose scale is in inches.
A world map with a scale of 1:4,560,000.
A house that seemed out of scale with its surroundings.
Cargo that scales 11 tons.
The scale of a thermometer.
A scale of one inch to a mile.
The social scale, a wage scale.
Winter storm damage on a large scale.
Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.
The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the open-ended Richter scale.
We should scale that up by a factor of 10.
That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
The dry weather is making my skin scale.
Some sandstone scales by exposure.
Scale and clean the fish.
Scaled the peak.
- to reduce (or increase), often according to a fixed ratio or proportion
- according to established, proportional dimensionsA toy fighter plane built to scale.
- Libra, the constellation and seventh sign of the Zodiac
- to give an advantage to one possible outcome over another
- to weigh (a specified amount)
- to determine or decide something uncertainThe arrival of fresh troops turned the scales.
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of scale
- Middle English from Old French escale of Germanic origin skel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English bowl, balance from Old Norse skāl skel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English from Latin scālae ladder skand- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary
- From Old Norse skál (“bowl"). Compare Danish skÃ¥l (“bowl, cup"), Dutch schaal; German Schale; Old High German scāla; Gothic skalja (skalja), Old English scealu (“cup; shell"). Cognate with scale, as in Etymology 2.
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From Wiktionary