scale
/skeɪl/ nom A2En français : échelle, gamme
- An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude. · Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.· The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the open-ended Richter scale.
- Size; scope. · There are some who question the scale of our ambitions.
- The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance. · This map uses a scale of 1:10.
- A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.
- A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
- A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix. · the decimal scale, the binary scale
- Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
- A standard amount of money to be paid for a service, for example union-negotiated amounts received by a performer or writer; similar to wage scale or pay grade. · Sally wasn't the star of the show, so she was glad to be paid scale.
Pluriel scales
Verbes à particule et expressions
- scale back To make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of someth...
- scale down To reduce the size of something whilst maintaining propor...
- scale in To incrementally enter a position on an oversold market i...
- scale off To peel off
- scale out To scale up (a system) by adding more servers or nodes.
- scale up Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scale,...
Dans la bibliothèque
“I am endeavoring,” he thought, “to make this man happy; I look upon this restitution as a weight thrown into the scale to balance the evil I have wrought.
That gives you an idea of Moriarty’s gains and of the scale on which he works.
“A large-scale map, I presume?”
Miss Darcy was tall, and on a larger scale than Elizabeth; and, though little more than sixteen, her figure was formed, and her appearance womanly and graceful.
Autres résultats
- scale agrandir, réduire, escalader C1
- scale écailler C2
- scale écaille, squame, barbure C2
- scale plateau C2
- scale back To make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc....
- scale down To reduce the size of something whilst maintain...
- scale in To incrementally enter a position on an oversol...
- scale off To peel off
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