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scale
has definitions from the fields of zoology,music,botany
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[ noun ] an ordered reference standard
Examples : "judging on a scale of 1 to 10" Used in print (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)The length of the arrow indicates amount of slowing or acceleration at Completion over that at Onset , and the difference in months can be read roughly by referring the arrow to the age scale along the base of each figure , or more precisely by referring to the original data in the appropriate tables . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)Remember that in seeking the modern in Utopia we do not deny the existence of the medieval and the Renaissance there ; we do not even need to commit ourselves to assessing on the same inconceivable scale the relative importance of the medieval , the Renaissance , and the modern . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)And knowing its humble place in the scale of things , why did he , at this time_of_life , seem almost ready to sell his soul for plumpness ? |
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[ noun ] relative magnitude
Examples "they entertained on a grand scale" Used in print ("Editorials"...)These gentlemen are calling_for a resumption of testing - in the atmosphere - on the greatest possible scale , all in_the_name_of national security . (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)The crude picture of the detergency process thus_far developed can be represented as : * * f The influence of mechanical action on the particles of free soil may be compared to that of kinetic_energy on a molecular scale . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)The behavior of a biological aerosol , on a much smaller scale , is illustrated by a specific field_trial conducted with a non pathogenic organism . Moreover , it should not be so fastidious in its growth requirements as to make production on a militarily significant scale improbable . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
Examples "the scale of the map" "the scale of the model" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)First I make preliminary watercolor sketches in quarter scale ( approximately * * f inches ) in which I pay particular attention to the design principles of three simple values - the lightest light , the middle tone , and the darkest dark - by reducing the forms of my subject to these large patterns . (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)That world was in scale with my own smallness . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (botany) a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
Synonyms Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)It is not difficult to see that the stamens of the catkin are always arranged in pairs , and that each individual flower is nothing but one such pair standing on a green , black tipped little scale . By scrutinizing the flowers , one can also notice that the scale bears one or two tiny warts . |
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[ verb ] measure by or as if by a scale
Examples "This bike scales only 25 pounds Used in print (Larry Koller, "The New Guns of '61"...)My double was made with standard-weight revolver barrels ( before cutting to revolver length ) , and although it compares well in_other_respects , it 's considerably heavier than the Deerstalker , which only scales about 6 - 1 2 pounds . Related terms |
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[ verb ] pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
Used in print (The Family Handyman, 11:5...)Everything possible has been scaled to standard sizes and measurements of materials . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
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[ noun ] (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
Synonyms Related terms musical_notation chromatic_scale gamut gapped_scale diatonic_scale note music |
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[ noun ] a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
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[ noun ] an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
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[ noun ] (zoology) a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
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