Definition of scale

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Scale (n.) Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals..

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Perula :: Perula (n.) One of the scales of a leaf bud.
Squamigerous :: Squamiform (a.) Having the shape of a scale.
Scale :: Scale (n.) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc..
Thinolite :: Thinolite (n.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada..
Gunter''s Chain :: Gunter's chain () The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale..
Miniature :: Miniature (v. t.) To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale..
Transcalency :: Transcalency (n.) The quality or state of being transcalent.
Scale :: Scale (n.) The sign or constellation Libra.
Cameo :: Cameo (n.) A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like..
Squamipennes :: Squamigerous (a.) Bearing scales.
Dome :: Dome (n.) A cupola formed on a large scale.
Scalene :: Scalene (n.) A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.
Pearlfish :: Pearlfish (n.) Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait..
Reading :: Reading (n.) An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer..
Squamulate :: Squamula (n.) One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
Dominant :: Dominant (n.) The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on..
Scaleboard :: Scaleboard (n.) A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.
Squame :: Squame (n.) A scale.
Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color..
Shagreened :: Shagreened (a.) Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.
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