Word: SCALE
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Definition of SCALE
- A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
- An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.
"Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10."
- Size; scope.
"The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale."
- To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
"We should scale that up by a factor of 10."
- To climb to the top of.
"Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest."
- To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
"That architecture won't scale to real-world environments."
- Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
- A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
- A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
- To remove the scales of.
"Please scale that fish for dinner."
- To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
"The dry weather is making my skin scale."
- To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
"to scale the inside of a boiler"
- A device to measure mass or weight.
"After the long, lazy winter I was afraid to get on the scale."
- Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
Source: Definitions compiled dynamically via Free Dictionary API.
๐ Word Pattern Notes
Based on its structure, this word likely follows standard English morphological patterns, though exact historical origins are not available.
๐ฃ๏ธ Example Sentences
- โข "In professional circles, using the word "scale" conveys a high level of precision."
- โข "She described the concept as somewhat "scale", surprising the rest of the board members."
๐ก Interesting Word Trivia & Facts
This word is a perfect "isogram" (or non-pattern word), meaning it contains no repeating letters. It is highly valued for rack flexibility!
๐ฏ Scrabble Board Placement & Usage Tips
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Dictionary Validity
| Dictionary Lexicon | Status | Base Value |
|---|---|---|
| TWL (US/Canada Scrabble) | โ Valid | 7 pts |
| SOWPODS (UK/International Scrabble) | โ Valid | 7 pts |
| ENABLE (Words With Friends Lexicon) | โ Valid | 9 pts |
Frequently Asked Questions
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๐ Common Phrases & Idioms
Here are some popular expressions, phrases, and collocations containing SCALE:
- # the scale effect
- # master of scale
- # playing with scale
- # in terms of scale
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