Scale tarimas:

/skeil/

Scale audio:

Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:

• noun: One of the many small platelike dermal or epidermal structures that characteristically form the external covering of fishes, reptiles, and certain mammals.
• noun: A similar part, such as one of the minute structures overlapping to form the covering on the wings of butterflies and moths.
• noun: Pathology A dry thin flake of epidermis shed from the skin.
• noun: A small thin piece.
• noun: Botany A small, thin, usually dry, often appressed plant structure, such as any of the protective leaves that cover a tree bud or the bract that subtends a flower in a sedge spikelet.
• noun: A scale insect.
• noun: A plant disease or infestation caused by scale insects.
• noun: A flaky oxide film formed on a metal, as on iron, that has been heated to high temperatures.
• noun: A flake of rust.
• noun: A hard mineral coating that forms on the inside surface of boilers, kettles, and other containers in which water is repeatedly heated.
• verb-transitive: To clear or strip of scale or scales: Scale and clean the fish.
• verb-transitive: To remove in layers or scales: scaled off the old paint.
• verb-transitive: To cover with scales; encrust.
• verb-transitive: To throw (a thin flat object) so that it soars through the air or skips along the surface of water.
• verb-transitive: Dentistry To remove (tartar) from tooth surfaces with a pointed instrument.
• verb-transitive: Australian To cheat; swindle.
• verb-transitive: Australian To ride on (a tram or train, for example) without paying the fare.
• verb-intransitive: To come off in scales or layers; flake.
• verb-intransitive: To become encrusted.
• noun: A system of ordered marks at fixed intervals used as a reference standard in measurement: a ruler with scales in inches and centimeters.
• noun: An instrument or device bearing such marks.
• noun: A standard of measurement or judgment; a criterion.
• noun: A proportion used in determining the dimensional relationship of a representation to that which it represents: a world map with a scale of 1:4,560,000.
• noun: A calibrated line, as on a map or an architectural plan, indicating such a proportion.
• noun: Proper proportion: a house that seemed out of scale with its surroundings.
• noun: A progressive classification, as of size, amount, importance, or rank: judging divers' performances on a scale of 1 to 10.
• noun: A relative level or degree: entertained on a lavish scale.
• noun: A minimum wage fixed by contract: musicians playing a benefit concert for scale.
• noun: Mathematics A system of notation in which the values of numerical expressions are determined by their places relative to the chosen base of the system: the decimal scale.
• noun: Music An ascending or descending collection of pitches proceeding by a specified scheme of intervals.
• verb-transitive: To climb up or over; ascend: scaled the peak.
• verb-transitive: To make in accord with a particular proportion or scale: Scale the model to be one tenth of actual size.
• verb-transitive: To alter according to a standard or by degrees; adjust in calculated amounts: scaled down their demands; scaled back the scheduled pay increase.
• verb-transitive: To estimate or measure the quantity of lumber in (logs or uncut trees).
• verb-intransitive: To climb; ascend.
• verb-intransitive: To rise in steps or stages.
• noun: An instrument or machine for weighing. Often used in the plural.
• noun: Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance.
• verb-transitive: To weigh with scales.
• verb-intransitive: To have a given weight, as determined by a scale: cargo that scales 14 metric tons.

Lietuviškos reikšmės:

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a pair of scales svarstyklės

to be high in the social scale užimti aukštą padėtį visuomenėje

on a large/vast scaledideliu mastu

to scale pa

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