Scale synonyms
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(Math.) A method or procedure prescribed for computing or solving a problem
A result obtained in computing; computed amount
An organism as a whole, especially with regard to its vital processes or functions:
thin coating
A flake or film
Anything that covers
(Biology) A coating of hardened exudate or other material on a body or body part; a scale or scab.
steelyard
A balance, or scale, consisting of a metal arm suspended from above by a pivot close to one end: the object to be weighed is hung from the shorter end and a sliding weight is moved along the graduated longer end until the whole arm balances
stilliard
Alternative form of steelyard. (portable scale)
A state of bodily equilibrium:
scale-beam
A device for weighing; often plural
spring scale
A device for weighing; often plural
A medieval engine of war powered by a counterweight and used to hurl large stones and other missiles
Roman balance
A device for weighing; often plural
stapel scale
A device for weighing; often plural
Danish balance
A device for weighing; often plural
An extensive area of open land on which livestock wander and graze.
(Music) Any of the twelve diatonic scales distinguished, from the major scale with the same keynote, by a semitone after the second and seventh tones or after the second, fifth, and seventh tones
whole-tone-scale
A scale in which each interval is a whole step.
harmonic scale
Musical tones
melodic scale
Musical tones
To slope upward toward or along:
To overcome (an obstacle, for example); triumph over.
To set on a horse:
To cast off in scales, flakes, or splinters.
strip-off
To peel
To remove a flake or flakes from; chip.
To consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; liken:
To determine by mathematics, especially by numerical methods:
To treat or coat with size or a similar substance.
allow due weight
To measure
To make an estimate or estimates
To check, adjust, or determine by comparison with a standard (the graduations of a quantitative measuring instrument):
(--- Usage Problem) To receive an academic degree from:
have a weight of
To measure
make of an exact weight
To measure
measure (related)
order (related)
layer (related)
music (related)
climb (related)
peel (related)
skin (related)
Dealing with scandalous or salacious material:
Full of or infested with scale insects
scutate
(Botany) Shaped like a shield:
scutellate
(Biol.) Shaped like a shield or platter; round and nearly flat
squamous
Resembling a scale or scales; thin and flat like a scale:
desquamation
diapason
The interval and the consonance of an octave.
The process in which layers of tissue peel or are peeled off an organism, such as the distinctive ways in which bark peels off a tree in strips or flakes.
furfuration
A complete range or extent:
lamella
A thin, platelike part, layer, organ, or structure
(Zoology) A thin scalelike or platelike structure, as one of the thin layers of sensitive vascular tissue in the hoof of a horse.
The comparative relation between parts, things, or elements with respect to size, amount, degree, etc.; ratio
ramentum
(Bot.) Any of the thin, brown scales found on fern leaves and stems
squama
A thin platelike mass, as of bone.
A unit for measuring an angle or an arc of a circle. One degree is1 /360 of the circumference of a circle.
escalade
To climb (a wall, etc.) or enter (a fortified place) by ladders
To rise on or as on an escalator
To become covered with a film
The proportion of particles (such as sand grains) of a given size within a sample of particulate material, such as soil or sandstone.
To provide or equip with instruments.
To place in a particular class, rank, or grade:
A relationship between two quantities, normally expressed as the quotient of one divided by the other. For example, if a box contains six red marbles and four blue marbles, the ratio of red marbles to blue marbles is 6 to 4, also written 6:4. A ratio can also be expressed as a decimal or percentage.
To put or maintain in order:
A range over which some measurable property of a physical phenomenon, such as the frequency of sound or electromagnetic radiation, or the mass of specific kinds of particles, can vary. For example, the spectrum of visible light is the range of electromagnetic radiation with frequencies between between 4.7 × 1014 and 7.5 × 1014 hertz.
To be exhibited, displayed, or visible in broad or full extent:
(Statistics) To assign a weight to in a frequency distribution
descend (antonym)
chromatic (related)
diatonic (related)
major-scale (related)
To remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ or structure.
To remove by or as if by cutting, clipping, or shaving:
To break or damage the thread of (a nut, bolt, or screw) or the teeth of (a gear)
To move upward on or along
put-on (related)
rise (related)
A very thin applied or deposited coat of metal.
(Chem., Physics) Any of the spherical or elliptical orbits of electrons around the nucleus of an atom, each with the same principal quantum number and about the same energy
weighing-machine
A mechanical device, often coin-operated, for determining the weight of an object or person
scurf
A loose scaly crust coating a surface, especially of a plant.
scale leaf
a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
an ordered reference standard
an ordered reference standard
an ordered reference standard
descale
To remove the scales from a fish etc.
An elaborate decorative coating, inlay, etc.
stepladder
A ladder with broad, flat steps, typically consisting of two frames joined at the top, usually with a hinge, so that it stands on four legs
calibration
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