Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Liable to rub the scales off fish, as some nets.
- noun The process of adjusting sights to the guns on board of a ship.
- noun The process of removing incrustations of salt and other foreign matters from the inner surface of boilers.
- noun In metal-working, the first process in making tin-plate, in which the plates are placed in a bath of dilute muriatic acid and then heated in a scaling-furnace to remove the scale.
- noun The act or process of removing the scales of fish.
- noun The measurement or estimation of the amount of lumber in logs or standing timber.
- noun The taking of dimensions from a drawing by means of a measuring-scale, in the absence of figured dimensions.
- noun Scales collectively or the arrangement of scales, as on an insect's wing or on a fish.
- noun Specifically, the structure and distribution of the scales of fishes considered as a basis for classification.
- noun In dentistry, removing the tartar from the teeth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; ; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler
- adjective Serving as an aid in clambering.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
scale . - noun The removing of the
scales offish - noun The
formation of alayer of scale on a surface - noun The removal of a layer of scale from a
surface - noun The
measurement ofdimensions using a scale - noun mathematics (
physics ) Theexpression of the terms of anequation usingpowers ofnondimensional quantities
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of arranging in a graduated series
- noun ascent by or as if by a ladder
- noun act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale
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Examples
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But one of the things that we have deliberately dealt with both AusAID and Parliamentary Secretary McMullen and myself, and also as we've made our budget decisions in the two budgets we've presented, we've been very conscious about what we describe as a scaling up.
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Garcia says, "If, when your voice is well oiled [that is what he calls the scaling process], you are not intelligent enough to sing a song by yourself, then you had better knit stockings for the poor."
In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886
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"The possible remediation would be what they call scaling, which involves removing rocks by hand or by an excavator," DeFebo said.
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He said the program is stronger after the restructuring, which he described as scaling up, not paring down.
Durangoherald.com 2009
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As I am sure anyone who has cleaned a fish before has found, when scaling is necessary it is a less than an enjoyable task.
Scaling Fish 2009
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Now, damage scaling is to the point where our 13th level 3. 5e fighters easily dump out 100 points of damage a round.
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A better scaling is when you use e-mail or Jabber style.
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If you're a media planner at an ad agency, you know that planning an online display buy can be challenging, particularly in scaling your campaign's reach while keeping it relevant for your target audience.
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Rock scaling is emotion, pure air, physical challenge and danger.
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Rock scaling is emotion, pure air, physical challenge and danger.
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