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Definition of scale

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Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor..

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Gamut :: Gamut (n.) The scale.

Nill :: Nill (n.) Scales of hot iron from the forge.

Pip :: Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a scale on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them..

Dominant :: Dominant (n.) The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on..

Knife-edge :: Knife-edge (n.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction..

Tone :: Tone (n.) General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners..

Equilibrate :: Equilibrate (v. t.) To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise..

Squamellae :: Squame (n.) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean..

Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color..

Stupid :: Stupeous (a.) Resembling tow; having long, loose scales, or matted filaments, like tow; stupose..

Placoid :: Placoid (a.) Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids..

Microcrystalline :: Microcrystalline (a.) Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline..

Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

Traverser :: Traverser (n.) One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like..

Alepidote :: Alepidote (n.) A fish without scales.

Scaled :: Scaled (imp. & p. p.) of Scal.

Thuringite :: Thuringite (n.) A mineral occurring as an aggregation of minute scales having an olive-green color and pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and iron.

Squarroso-dentate :: Squarrose (a.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell..

Subtorrid :: Subtonic (n.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone..

Gunter''s Chain :: Gunter's chain () The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale..