scale [ scale ]
Noun
Check the fish for any stray scales and loose bones.
If you look at the bumps closely, you might see white scales or flakes on them.
For instance, you can smear a homemade mixture into the opened scales of a pinecone, then hang the cone from a tree branch.
Tiny scales cover the adult butterfly's wings that aid them during these critical searches.
Sometimes it presents as a white scale over a pink macule or papule.
This is the white scale or platy stuff that you may see on the inside of the dishwasher or coffee pots or other hot water contact areas.
If plaque is not thoroughly removed, salts from the saliva cause it to become hard and form scale or dental calculus.
Every so often it is advisable to remove the mineral scale that builds up on the electrical heater element and in the reservoir pan.
Verb
he scales the fish and removes the innards
dental hygienists give treatment such as scaling and polishing teeth
Other signs include hair loss, redness, scaling and secondary infection.
the paint was scaling from the brick walls
Origin
Noun
kitchen scales
Lyman also has an accessory called the ‘Powder Pal’ that combines the scale pan with a powder funnel.
Verb
The elder statesman had another perch bag of 3-13 as did third-placed man Adrian Goodwin who scaled 2-4oz.
Origin
Noun
They are low on the social scale, where scales are all-important.
The Justice gave the accused in that case a credit on a scale of 0.5 to 1.
Preoperatively, patients marked the scales before any medication was given.
she read the exact distance off a scale
Please note that the 34-year performance has a logarithmic price scale.
everything in the house is on a grand scale
We may even build scale models and test them in wind tunnels and other ways.
the scale of C major
he thinks guitarists in particular don't spend nearly enough time practising scales
The larger the base scale, the greater is the accuracy of the ACCS component in fulfilling its tasks.
For example, the tonal scale of cyanotype varies from 9-11 steps with different light sources.
Verb
thieves scaled a high fence
It scales its fonts to nearly any size, large or small.
They start as low as 500GB and can scale up to tens of terabytes, for an investment as low as five cents per megabyte.
the operators were accustomed to having their logs scaled for inventory control
Scale back
in the short term, even scaling back defence costs money
Scale up
one cannot suddenly scale up a laboratory procedure by a thousandfold
they can buy in at low cost and scale up as the company grows
Scale down
The plans were re-evaluated, and the board scaled them down, reducing the project's budget from $20 million to $13.5 million.

