Definitions For Scale

noun

• A flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
• A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
• An indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
• A measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
• (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
• A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
• A specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
• Relative magnitude
• The ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
• An ordered reference standard

verb

• Size or measure according to a scale
• Measure with or as if with scales
• Remove the scales from
• Pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
• Climb up by means of a ladder
• Reach the highest point of
• Take by attacking with scaling ladders
• Measure by or as if by a scale