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a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals take by attacking with scaling ladders; "The troops scaled the walls of the fort" reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" climb up by means of a ladder pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard remove the scales from; "scale fish" measure with or as if with scales; "scale the gold" size or measure according to a scale; "This model must be scaled down" an ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to 10" the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it; "the scale of the map"; "the scale of the model" relative magnitude; "they entertained on a grand scale" a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks measure by or as if by a scale; "This bike scales only 25 pounds" a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
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