NOUN
  • Definition - A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
  • Definition - An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.
  • Example - Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.
  • Definition - Size; scope.
  • Example - The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale.
  • Definition - The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
  • Example - This map uses a scale of 1:10.
  • Definition - A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.
  • Example - This map uses a scale of 1:10.
  • Definition - A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
  • Example - This map uses a scale of 1:10.
  • Definition - A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.
  • Example - the decimal scale; the binary scale
  • Definition - Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
  • Example - the decimal scale; the binary scale
  • Definition - A standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union.
  • Example - Sally wasn't the star of the show, so she was glad to be paid scale.
VERB
  • Definition - To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
  • Example - We should scale that up by a factor of 10.
  • Definition - To climb to the top of.
  • Example - Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest.
  • Definition - To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
  • Example - That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
  • Definition - To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
  • Example - That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
alecs 7 laces 7 scale 7
4 Letter Words
aces 6 alec 6 cals 6 case 6 cels 6 lace 6 lacs 6 ales 4 lase 4 leas 4 sale 4 seal 4
3 Letter Words
ace 5 cal 5 cel 5 lac 5 sac 5 sec 5 ale 3 als 3 els 3 las 3 lea 3 les 3 sae 3 sal 3 sea 3 sel 3
2 Letter Words
ae 2 al 2 as 2 el 2 es 2 la 2
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