scale
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2.8
- noun
- /skeɪl/
:
báscula (aparato de pesar)
- Newborns were weighed on a digital scale that was accurate to within 10 g.
- Likert scale
- point scale
- rating scale
It only ever reached the energy scale of inflation, whatever that was.
- It only ever reached the energy scale of inflation, whatever that was.
Examples
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Risk of bias is assessed on a three-point scale: high bias, low bias, and unclear.
Academic text (2017) -
The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale has been shown to have acceptable reliability.
Academic text (2015) -
If we're rating this on a scale of......
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...on a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is all this?
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As of this summer, they used a manual scale and wrote everything down on paper.
Academic text (2012) -
Do you wanna step on the scales?
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Students rated their responses on a 5-point Likert scale where 5 was the most desirable.
Academic text (2013) -
She stood on the scale to check her weight before the competition.
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The doctor used a digital scale to measure the patient's weight accurately.
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He calibrated the scale to ensure it provided the correct measurements for the experiment.
Synonyms
127
3.2
A device that measures how much gas, water, or electricity you use
68
4.2
A measure used to judge the performance or success of something
2
3.0
A tool that shows how big, heavy, or hot something is
2
2.1
A long rod with marks for measuring length
1
3.1
A tool that measures things like size or weight
A system that gives numbers or levels to show how much of something there is
A scale divided into steps used to measure or compare things
A machine that shows how heavy a person or thing is
Idioms
Compounds
- Archaic
10
5.3
A scale that measures how strong an earthquake is from the waves recorded by machines
2
3.9
A schedule that shows how much people are paid for different jobs or experience levels
- Specialized
1
3.7
A set of seven notes with whole steps except half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth
- Specialized
1
3.2
A set of notes ordered from low to high that form a basic pattern for melodies
- Specialized
1
5.2
A balance with a long bar that turns and uses a sliding weight to measure how heavy something is
- Specialized
1
6.0
A pattern of seven notes that makes the familiar major and minor sounds
- Specialized
1
4.6
A musical scale that sounds sad because some notes are lower than in a major scale
- Specialized
1
3.0
A system for measuring how hot something is using units like Celsius and Fahrenheit
- Specialized
A small brown insect that lives on plants, drinks their juice and weakens them
A temperature scale where 0 degrees is water's freezing and 100 degrees its boiling
- Archaic
A way to measure temperature where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees
- Specialized
A scale that measures how high sea waves are, from 0 calm to 9 very large
- Specialized
A scale of numbers that shows wave height at sea from 0 calm to 9 very high
- Specialized
A temperature scale that starts at absolute zero, with zero as the lowest possible temperature
- Specialized
A small insect with a hard wax covering that sticks to leaves and stems
- Specialized
A way of showing time in a simulation so events take longer than in real life
A scale for measuring temperature where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees
- Specialized
A way of running a simulation where time moves faster than real life
- Specialized
A common eight-note pattern in Western music with small steps between third and fourth and seventh and eighth
- Specialized
A scale that measures how strong an earthquake feels and how much damage it causes
- Specialized
A set of notes used in Western music that makes a piece sound sad
- Specialized
A scale that compares how easily minerals scratch each other, from soft talc to hard diamond
- Specialized
A musical scale with fewer than seven notes that leaves out some notes from the usual scale
- Specialized
A scale that shows how high sea waves and long smooth waves are
- Specialized
A temperature scale that starts at absolute zero and uses the same size degree as Celsius
- Specialized
A musical scale of eight notes that uses whole and half steps one after the other
- Specialized
A temperature scale that starts at absolute zero and uses degrees the same size as Fahrenheit
- Archaic
A temperature scale where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 80 degrees
- Specialized
A number from 0 to 14 that shows how acidic or basic a liquid is, with 7 neutral
- Specialized
Partly refined paraffin wax made when oil is processed and used in industry
- Specialized
A system that gives numbers or levels to show how much of something there is
- Specialized
A way used in models to stretch time so events look slower than real life
- Specialized
A small insect with a soft, waxy covering that lives on plant stems and leaves
- Specialized
A small tool that measures weight or force by how much a metal coil stretches
- Specialized
A small extra ruler that slides along a larger ruler to measure very small lengths
- Specialized
A number scale from zero to twelve used worldwide to show how strong the wind is
How Precise
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scale (measuring device) comes from an old word for the little 'dish' or 'bowl' used on a balance to weigh things, so a scale is the tool that shows weight or amount.