Definition of Scales | Word Scrabble Finder

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.

NOUN

Definition - Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
Example - That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
Definition - A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
Example - That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
Definition - A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
Example - That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
Definition - Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.
Example - That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
Definition - The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
Example - That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
Definition - Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
Example - That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
Definition - Limescale.
Example - That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
Definition - A scale insect.
Example - That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
Definition - The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.
Example - That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.

VERB

Definition - To remove the scales of.
Example - Please scale that fish for dinner.
Synonyms - descale
Definition - To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
Example - The dry weather is making my skin scale.
Definition - To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
Example - to scale the inside of a boiler
Definition - To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
Example - to scale the inside of a boiler
Definition - To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
Example - Some sandstone scales by exposure.
Definition - To scatter; to spread.
Example - Some sandstone scales by exposure.
Definition - To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
Example - Some sandstone scales by exposure.

NOUN

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scales ₈

alecs ₇ cases ₇ class ₇ laces ₇ scale ₇ lases ₅ sales ₅ seals ₅

aces ₆ alec ₆ cals ₆ case ₆ cels ₆ cess ₆ lace ₆ lacs ₆ sacs ₆ secs ₆ ales ₄ lase ₄ lass ₄ leas ₄ less ₄ sale ₄ sals ₄ seal ₄ seas ₄ sels ₄

ace ₅ cal ₅ cel ₅ lac ₅ sac ₅ sec ₅ ale ₃ als ₃ ass ₃ els ₃ ess ₃ las ₃ lea ₃ les ₃ sae ₃ sal ₃ sea ₃ sel ₃

ae ₂ al ₂ as ₂ el ₂ es ₂ la ₂

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SCALES