Word: scale
Category: scale
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Related words: scale
pay scale, gs scale, gs pay scale, grading scale, scales, weight scale, grade scale, gpa scale, digital scale, ph scale, scale app, black scale, scoville scale, kinsey scale, scale factor, gpa calculator, iq scale
Synonyms: scale
companion, friend, colleague, associate, partner, coworker, workmate, pal, crony, mate, chum, buddy, dawg, peeps, familiar, fellow, brother
Translations: scale
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spanish
Translations:
escalar, escama, escala, gama
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german
Translations:
maßstab, schuppe, skala, kesselsteine
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french
Translations:
désincruster, escalader, éplucher, s'entartrer, escaladent, gamme, importance, pellicule, poids, monter, ...
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italian
Translations:
scala, squama, scaglia
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portuguese
Translations:
escama, abrasar, escalde, escala, desenho
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dutch
Translations:
ladder, schaalverdeling, schub, scala, aanslag, schilfer, schaal, verhouding
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russian
Translations:
окалина, уровень, возвышаться, возвыситься, масштаб, сланец, перелезать, шелуха, взбираться, таблица, ...
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norwegian
Translations:
skala, målestokk, skjell
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swedish
Translations:
skala
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finnish
Translations:
skaala, mittakaava, asteikko, suomu, hilse
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danish
Translations:
skala, skæl
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czech
Translations:
loupat, šplhat, šupina, škála, žebříček, žebřík, měřítko, slupka, vystoupit, měrka, ...
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polish
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podziałka, kotłowiec, skalować, przesadzać, łuska, szala, kamień, skrobać, niszczyciel, wspinać, ...
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hungarian
Translations:
számrendszer, fémhab, salak, hártya, pikkely, skála, hangsor
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greek
Translations:
κλιμάκωση, λέπι, κλίμακα, κλίμακας
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ukrainian
Translations:
градація, підніматись, камінь, зважуватися
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albanian
Translations:
shkallë
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bulgarian
Translations:
школа
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belarusian
Translations:
драбiны
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estonian
Translations:
katlakivi
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croatian
Translations:
mjera, strugati
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latin
Translations:
squama
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lithuanian
Translations:
žvynas, gama, mastelis
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latvian
Translations:
gamma, blaugznas, mērogs
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romanian
Translations:
gamă, solz
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slovak
Translations:
škála, šupina
The meaning and "use of": scale
noun
- each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another. - Use your hands to spread the potato slices out so that they overlap like unruly fish scales , but are not more than 1 or 2 layers thick.
- something resembling a fish scale in appearance or function, in particular. - Her legs melded together, and tiny silver scales appeared on her lower half.
- a flaky deposit, in particular. - If left untreated, the scale may become thick, yellow and greasy and, occasionally, secondary bacterial infection may occur.
- an instrument for weighing. Scales were originally simple balances ( pairs of scales ) but are now usually devices with an internal weighing mechanism housed under a platform on which the thing to be weighed is placed, with a gauge or electronic display showing the weight. - The Lord Christ is placing before us a pair of scales , and on one side of the balances is laid the whole world.
- a graduated range of values forming a standard system for measuring or grading something. - company employees have hit the top of their pay scales
- the relative size or extent of something. - no one foresaw the scale of the disaster
- an arrangement of the notes in any system of music in ascending or descending order of pitch. - the scale of C major
- remove scale or scales from. - he scales the fish and removes the innards
- (especially of the skin) form scales. - moisturizers can ease off drying and scaling
- weigh a specified weight. - some men scaled less than ninety pounds
- climb up or over (something high and steep). - thieves scaled an 8-foot fence
- represent in proportional dimensions; reduce or increase in size according to a common scale. - scaled plans of the house
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