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scale noun

  /skeɪl/ , /skæɪl/ , [skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ] , [skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
  • Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
 suomu, hilse
  • A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
  • Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.
 suomu
  • A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
 hilse
  • (uncountable) The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
 pajahilse
  • Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
 suomupanssari

scales noun

  /skeɪlz/
  • A device for measuring weight.
 vaaka, varsivaaka

scale noun

  /skeɪl/ , /skæɪl/ , [skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ] , [skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
  • An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
  • Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
 asteikko
  • (obsolete) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
  • (music) A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
 asteikko, sävelasteikko, skaala
  • The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
 mittakaava, asteikko
  • Size; scope.
 mittakaava, luokka, skaala
  • A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.
 mittakaava

scale noun

  /skeɪl/ , /skæɪl/ , [skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ] , [skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
  • Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
 vaakakuppi

scale verb

  /skeɪl/ , /skæɪl/ , [skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ] , [skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
  • (transitive) To climb to the top of.
 kivuta, kiivetä
  • (intransitive, computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
 mukautua, skaalautua
  • (transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
 muuttaa kokoa, muuttaa mittakaavaa, pienentää, skaalata, suurentaa
  • (transitive) To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
 punnita

scale verb

  /skeɪl/ , /skæɪl/ , [skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ] , [skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
  • (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
 suomustaa
  • (intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
  • (intransitive) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
 hilseillä
  • (transitive) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
 höylätä, kuoria
  • (transitive) To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
 poistaa hilse

scaled adjective

  /skeɪld/
  • Without scales, or with the scales removed.
 suomuinen, suomujen peittämä, suomustettu, suomuton
bathroom scales
kylpyhuonevaaka
tip the scales
kallistaa vaaka, kääntää tilanne, vaikuttaa ratkaisevasti
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