scale
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2.8
- noun
- /skeɪl/
- Newborns were weighed on a digital scale that was accurate to within 10 g.
- Likert scale
- point scale
- rating scale
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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
178
3.2
A device that measures how much gas, water, or electricity you use
30
4.2
A measure used to judge the performance or success of something
5
2.1
A long rod with marks for measuring length
2
3.0
A tool that shows how big, heavy, or hot something is
1
3.1
A tool that measures things like size or weight
1
2.5
A machine that shows how heavy a person or thing is
1
5.4
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
Idioms
Compounds
- Archaic
15
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
3.0
A system for measuring how hot something is using units like Celsius and Fahrenheit
- Specialized
1
3.2
A set of notes ordered from low to high that form a basic pattern for melodies
- Specialized
1
4.6
A musical scale that sounds sad because some notes are lower than in a major scale
- Specialized
1
6.7
A temperature scale that starts at absolute zero, with zero as the lowest possible temperature
- Specialized
1
6.0
A scale that compares how easily minerals scratch each other, from soft talc to hard diamond
- Specialized
1
6.0
A pattern of seven notes that makes the familiar major and minor sounds
- Specialized
1
4.3
A small tool that measures weight or force by how much a metal coil stretches
- 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
3.6
A number from 0 to 14 that shows how acidic or basic a liquid is, with 7 neutral
1
4.0
A scale for measuring temperature where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees
1
3.1
A temperature scale where 0 degrees is water's freezing and 100 degrees its boiling
- Specialized
1
5.4
A system that gives numbers or levels to show how much of something there is
- Specialized
1
4.6
A number scale from zero to twelve used worldwide to show how strong the wind is
- Specialized
1
5.5
A temperature scale that starts at absolute zero and uses the same size degree as Celsius
- Specialized
1
5.0
A group of notes musicians use to make the typical jazz and blues sound
- Specialized
1
9.6
A small insect with a hard wax covering that sticks to leaves and stems
- Specialized
1
7.7
A way of running a simulation where time moves faster than real life
- Specialized
1
8.1
A scale that measures how strong an earthquake feels and how much damage it causes
- Archaic
1
3.3
A way to measure temperature where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees
- Specialized
1
7.6
A way of showing time in a simulation so events take longer than in real life
- Specialized
1
8.9
A small insect with a soft, waxy covering that lives on plant stems and leaves
- Specialized
1
7.9
A small extra ruler that slides along a larger ruler to measure very small lengths
- Specialized
A small brown insect that lives on plants, drinks their juice and weakens them
- 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 common eight-note pattern in Western music with small steps between third and fourth and seventh and eighth
- Specialized
A set of notes used in Western music that makes a piece sound sad
- 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 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
Partly refined paraffin wax made when oil is processed and used in industry
- Specialized
A way used in models to stretch time so events look slower than real life
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.