Scale

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1 Common meanings 2 Compensation 3 Mathematics 4 Music 5 People 6 Science 7 Other uses 8 See also

Common meanings

Scale (anatomy), a rigid plate which grows out of the skin of various animals o Fish scale o Reptile scale o Scale (Lepidopteran anatomy), on the wings of butterflies and moths Scale (map), the ratio of a distance on a map to the corresponding actual distance Scale (ratio), the ratio of a linear dimension of the model to the same dimension of the original Weighing scale, an instrument used to measure weight or mass

Compensation

Pay scale o Scale, the minimum compensation rates and work conditions set by the Screen Actors Guild

Mathematics

Scale (descriptive set theory), an object defined on a set of points (for example real numbers) and used for a wide variety of applications

Scale parameter, a description of the spread or dispersion of a probability distribution Scaling (geometry), a linear transformation that enlarges or shrinks objects 3D Scaling, a storage architecture provides the ability to scale deep to connect and manage external multi-vendor storage platforms

Music

Scale (album), a 2006 album by electronic artist Matthew Herbert Scale (music), a sequence of ordered musical notes Scale (string instruments), the sounding length of the strings of an instrument "The Scale", a song by Interpol from Our Love to Admire

People

Scales (surname) Baron Scales, a title in the Peerage of England

Science

Scale (dermatology), a secondary skin lesion in humans that resembles animal scales Scale (physics), an informal system of general size categorizations Scale (social sciences), the process of measuring or ordering entities with respect to quantitative attributes or traits Scale rulers, specifically Architect's scale and Engineer's scale In botany, any flat epidermal outgrowth, a flat trichome

Other uses

Fouling, buildup of unwanted substances, sometimes called "scale", on hard surfaces Libra (constellation), also known as "the scales" Mill scale, the flaky surface on hot rolled steel, consisting of iron oxides Scale armour, an early form of armour Scales, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, a village Southern California Linux Expo, an open-source software conference held in Los Angeles, California

See also

Mizan (Scale in English), a treatise on Islam by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi Scale insect, a waxy coated animal that resembles a fish scale

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