1. A flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
2. A series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave); SYN. musical scale.
3. A specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin; SYN. scale leaf.
4. The ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
5. An indicator having a graduated sequence of marks.
6. An instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass; SYN. weighing machine.
7. An ordered reference standard:; SYN. scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series.
8. Relative magnitude
9. A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin; SYN. scurf.
1. Appareil de pesée.
2. Bascule.
3. Peson.
4. Équilibre. La balance des forces en présence.
5. Solde. Balance commerciale.
Coquille.
ETYM Cf. Italian scalare, from Latin scalae, scala. Related to Scale a ladder.
1. To reach the highest point of; SYN. surmount.
2. To climb up by means of a ladder.
3. To take by attacking with scaling ladders.
4. To measure by or as if by a scale.
5. To measure with or as if with scales.
6. To pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard.
7. To size or measure according to a scale.
8. To remove the scales from; SYN. descale.
1. Action d'enlever les écailles d'un poisson, d'ouvrir un coquillage.
2. État d'un émail, d'une peinture qui s'écaille.
Gravir.
1. Escalader. Gravir une côte.
2. (Au figuré) Parcourir. Gravir les étapes d'une carrière.
Scale insect; infestation with or disease caused by scale insects
In music, a sequence of pitches that establishes a key, and in some respects the character of a composition. A scale is defined by its starting note and may be major or minor depending on the order of intervals. A chromatic scale is the full range of 12 notes: it has no key because there is no fixed starting point.
A whole-tone scale is a six-note scale and is also indeterminate in key: only two are possible. A diatonic scale has seven notes, a pentatonic scale has five.
The numerical relationship, expressed as a ratio, between the actual size of an object and the size of an image that represents it on a map, plan, or diagram.
In chemistry, calcium carbonate deposits that form on the inside of a kettle or boiler as a result of boiling hard water.
The number of digits in the fractional part of a numeric data item.
A horizontal or vertical line on a graph that shows minimum, maximum, and interval values for the data plotted.
1. To enlarge or reduce a graphic display, such as a drawing or a proportional character font, by adjusting its size proportionally.
2. To alter the way in which values are represented so as to bring them into a different range—for example, to change linear feet to quarter inches on a blueprint drawing of a house.
3. In programming, to determine the number of digits occupied by fixed-point or floating-point numbers. See also fixed-point notation, floating-point number.