rescale
verb
re·scale
(ˌ)rē-ˈskāl 
rescaled; rescaling; rescales
: to plan, establish, or formulate on a new and usually smaller scale
Examples of rescale in a Sentence
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Some apps handle being rescaled better than others, but most are fine with it—especially those apps optimized for use on Android tablets.
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David Nield, WIRED, 4 July 2024
Originally intended to illustrate Agassiz’s baseless phrenological theories of Black inferiority, the pictures were rescaled and reframed by Weems, who also tinted them blood-red, making explicit the violence that allowed for their creation.
—Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
Rescaled here means that the results were rescaled for sample size, which differed between populations, along with the value after a Bonferroni correction.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2010
Desktop sites, meanwhile, have gotten a lot better about rescaling themselves.
—Justin Pot, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2023
Yet the way the show rescaled the dimensions of a headlining festival gig felt like a radical provocation.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
Today's drop marked a 41% slide from the November 9 peak, meaning Bitcoin would need to climb 68% to rescale the pre-Thanksgiving summit.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2022
But your feet probably aren’t ready to rescale such heights.
—Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 6 May 2021
The one thing that is evolving quickly is its map, which engineers rescaled, expanded and cleaned up.
—Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 9 May 2020
David Nield, WIRED, 4 July 2024
Originally intended to illustrate Agassiz’s baseless phrenological theories of Black inferiority, the pictures were rescaled and reframed by Weems, who also tinted them blood-red, making explicit the violence that allowed for their creation.
—Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
Rescaled here means that the results were rescaled for sample size, which differed between populations, along with the value after a Bonferroni correction.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2010
Desktop sites, meanwhile, have gotten a lot better about rescaling themselves.
—Justin Pot, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2023
Yet the way the show rescaled the dimensions of a headlining festival gig felt like a radical provocation.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
Today's drop marked a 41% slide from the November 9 peak, meaning Bitcoin would need to climb 68% to rescale the pre-Thanksgiving summit.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2022
But your feet probably aren’t ready to rescale such heights.
—Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 6 May 2021
The one thing that is evolving quickly is its map, which engineers rescaled, expanded and cleaned up.
—Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 9 May 2020
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“Rescale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rescale. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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