scale

scale

scale (third-person singular simple present scales, present participle scaling, simple past and past participle scaled)

1. (transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.

   We should scale that up by a factor of 10.

2. (transitive) To climb to the top of.

   Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest.

   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX

     At last I came to the great barrier-cliffs; and after three days of mad effort--of maniacal effort--I scaled them. I built crude ladders; I wedged sticks in narrow fissures; I chopped toe-holds and finger-holds with my long knife; but at last I scaled them. Near the summit I came upon a huge cavern.

3. (intransitive) (computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.

   That architecture wont scale to real-world environments.

scale (plural scales)

1. An ordered numerical sequence used for measurement.

   Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.

2. Size; scope.

   The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale.

   There are some who question the scale of our ambitions.

3. The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.

   This map uses a scale of 1:10.

4. A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page ix

     Even though precision can be carried to an extreme, the scales which now are drawn in (and usually connected to an appropriate figure by an arrow) will allow derivation of meaningful measurements.

5. A means of assigning a magnitude.

   The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the open-ended Richter scale.

6. (music) A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.

	scala
	ratio of distances
	Rapporto esistente tra le dimensioni di una rappresentazione grafica e le dimensioni reali della stessa figura.
	The relationship between the dimensions of one graphical representation and the real dimensions of the same figure.
	To enlarge or reduce the display of an item, such as a drawing or a proportional character font, by adjusting its size proportionally.

	squama
	keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals

	bilancia
	device
	Uno strumento per misurare il peso di qualcosa.
	A tool to measure the weight of something.

	scaglia
	keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals

	ridimensionare
	To enlarge or reduce the display of an item, such as a drawing or a proportional character font, by adjusting its size proportionally.

abaco

arrampicarsi

criterio

dimensione

gamma

gradazione

graduare

incrostatura

incrostazione

misura

pallottoliere

pesare

piatto della bilancia

scala di misura

scalare

squamare

Altri significati:

pine nut

(intransitive) ( '''computing''' ) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.

become scaly

A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.

A means of assigning a magnitude.

tolerate increases in throughput

(transitive) To remove the scales of.

(animal or plant) scale

coloured chitin

climb

(small) scale

(music) A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.

Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.

Limescale

remove the scales of

An ordered numerical sequence used for measurement.

size or scope

clamber (over, up)

change size of

Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).

The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.

Flaky material sloughed off heated metal

(transitive) To climb to the top of.

flake of skin

Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.

scale mail

(transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.

dish of a balance

ordered numerical sequence

(intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.

The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.

A device to measure mass or weight.

Size; scope.

A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.

A pine nut of a pinecone.

assigning a magnitude

series of notes

A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced

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