as in balances
a device for measuring weight
I hate getting on the bathroom scale
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as in hierarchies
a scheme of rank or order
a student who scored very highly on a standard intelligence scale
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as in spectrums
the distance or extent between possible extremes
with the scale going from one to ten, what did you think of the movie?
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as in measures
to find out the size, extent, or amount of
scaled the logs to get a rough idea of the amount of usable lumber they were likely to yield
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Recent Examples of scales
Sam Joseph, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
While natural climate change typically occurs on very long-term scales, humans are changing Earth's climate on a scale of decades − a pace more rapid than anything that has occurred in the last roughly 500 million years, according to a recent study.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Our approach, called multiscale modeling, consists of looking at the physics in these materials over different time and length scales with a range of computational models.
—Sophie Blondel, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
As your business scales, the daily operations can become overwhelming.
—Vamsi Krishna Dhakshinadhi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
As your business scales, the daily operations can become overwhelming.
—Vamsi Krishna Dhakshinadhi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
As your business scales, the daily operations can become overwhelming.
—Vamsi Krishna Dhakshinadhi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Being best friends has allowed the CEOs to continue to grow and push each other as the brand scales.
—Imani Racine, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2024
Being best friends has allowed the CEOs to continue to grow and push each other as the brand scales.
—Imani Racine, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2024
Noun
The introduction of the Argentinean heavily tipped the scales in Miami’s favor, with the superstar forward involved in the goal that gave the home side the lead.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
While natural climate change typically occurs on very long-term scales, humans are changing Earth's climate on a scale of decades − a pace more rapid than anything that has occurred in the last roughly 500 million years, according to a recent study.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Our approach, called multiscale modeling, consists of looking at the physics in these materials over different time and length scales with a range of computational models.
—Sophie Blondel, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
As your business scales, the daily operations can become overwhelming.
—Vamsi Krishna Dhakshinadhi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
As your business scales, the daily operations can become overwhelming.
—Vamsi Krishna Dhakshinadhi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
As your business scales, the daily operations can become overwhelming.
—Vamsi Krishna Dhakshinadhi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Being best friends has allowed the CEOs to continue to grow and push each other as the brand scales.
—Imani Racine, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2024
Being best friends has allowed the CEOs to continue to grow and push each other as the brand scales.
—Imani Racine, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Scales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scales. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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