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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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Scale :: Scale (n.) The sign or constellation Libra.

Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system..

Mixolydian Mode :: Mixolydian mode () The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G..

Scalenohedron :: Scalenohedron (n.) A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle..

Sixth :: Sixth (n.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.

Spearfish :: Spearfish (n.) A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean..

Hepatic :: Hepatic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts..

Aventurine :: Aventurine (n.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica..

Squandered :: Squamulose (a.) Having little scales; squamellate; squamulate.

Graduation :: Graduation (n.) The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc..

Nail :: Nail (n.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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

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..

Multiserial :: Multiserial (a.) Arranged in many rows, or series, as the scales of a pine cone, or the leaves of the houseleek..

Postorbital :: Postorbital (n.) A postorbital bone or scale.

Scalebeam :: Scalebeam (n.) A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard..

Postorbital :: Postorbital (a.) Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles..

Lepidolite :: Lepidolite (n.) A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See Mica..

Celsius :: Celsius (n.) The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale..

Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface..