Definition of scale

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Scale (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure..

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Weighbridge :: Weighbridge (n.) A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
Scalebeam :: Scalebeam (n.) A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard..
Squamellate :: Squamella (n.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea..
Stupid :: Stupeous (a.) Resembling tow; having long, loose scales, or matted filaments, like tow; stupose..
Psoriasis :: Psoriasis (n.) A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin..
Lepidomelane :: Lepidomelane (n.) An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica..
Microcrystalline :: Microcrystalline (a.) Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline..
Scalene :: Scalene (a.) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone..
Scalable :: Scalable (a.) Capable of being scaled.
Trill :: Trill (n.) A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake..
Retiped :: Retiped (n.) A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.
Equilibrate :: Equilibrate (v. t.) To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise..
Thermometrical :: Thermometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube..
Intranscalent :: Intranscalent (a.) Impervious to heat; adiathermic.
Supertragical :: Supertonic (n.) The note next above the keynote; the second of the scale.
Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone..
Logistics :: Logistics (n.) A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic..
Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Having a median ridge; carinate; as, a keeled scale..
Parietal :: Parietal (n.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes..
Re :: Re () A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale..
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