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scale

n.

A series for measurement
rule, computation, system; see measure 2, order 3.
A flake or film
thin coating, covering, incrustation; see flake, layer.
A device for weighing; often plural
steelyard, stilliard, balance, scale beam, spring scale, trebuchet, Roman balance, stapel scale, Danish balance.
Varieties of scales, sense 3, include: beam, automatic indicating, counter, cylinder, drum, barrel, flexure plate, plate fulcrum, platform, spring, electronic, digital, computing, household, miner's, assayer's.
Musical tones
range, diatonic scale, chromatic scale, major scale, minor scale, whole tone scale, harmonic scale, melodic scale; see also music.

on a large scale

extensively, grandly, expansively; see generously.

on a small scale

economically, in a small limited way, with restrictions; see inadequate 1, unimportant.

scale Synonyms

scale

v.

To climb
ascend, surmount, mount; see climb 2.
To peel
exfoliate, strip off, flake; see peel, skin.
To measure
compare, balance, compute, size, allow due weight, estimate, calibrate, graduate, have a weight of, make of an exact weight.

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