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“Scale”, as a noun, is ‘the size or level of something or the amount of something that is happening; different types of people or things, from the bottom level to the top level; (usually plural in form in British English – scales) a machine for knowing the weight of people or things; a system of numbers that is used to measure the power, amount, speed, quality, etc. of something; a set of marks with regular spaces between them on a device or tool used for measuring’; and as a verb, it is ‘to get to the top of a mountain or any tall building; to be very successful; to reduce or increase the amount, force or size of something’,
a pair of traditional scales
e.g.
The Government has underestimated the scale of the farmers’ problems.
After a careful survey, they came to know about the full scale of the damage the floods had caused.
The maps in this atlas are drawn to a scale of one centimetre to one kilometre.
The recent earthquake was measured 9 on the Richter scale.
A plastic ruler with a metric scale on one side is very convenient to use.
Several people tried to scale the Eiffel Tower in Paris, but their attempts were foiled by the police.
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“Scale” (noun) is ‘1. (usually in plural form) one of the small flat pieces of hard material, like a finger nail on a human finger, that is part of the skin of some species of fish and snake; 2. a white substance that forms in layers on one’s teeth; 3. a white substance that forms in layers around the inside part of water pipes, usually that supply hot water, and also the inside of containers in which water is boiled regularly’,
fish scales in close-up
e.g.
It’s easy to remove the scales on a fish caught in fresh water ponds or lakes.
He should see a dentist to get the scales on his teeth removed.
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“Scale” (noun) is ‘a series of musical notes that are arranged with fixed distances between each one to make a tune for a song’,
(a music scale — c minor)
e.g.
He played most of his music tunes in the scale of G major.
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