scale
noun
/skeɪl/
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/skæɪl/
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[skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
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[skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
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- (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.
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gamme,
échelle
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- An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
- Size; scope.
- The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
- A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.
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échelle
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scale
noun
/skeɪl/
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/skæɪl/
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[skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
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[skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
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- 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.
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écaille,
squame
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- 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.
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écaille
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- Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
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armure d'écailles
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- (uncountable) The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
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barbure
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- A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
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squame
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scale
noun
/skeɪl/
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/skæɪl/
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[skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
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[skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
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- Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
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plateau
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scales
noun
/skeɪlz/
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- A device for measuring weight.
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balance
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scale
verb
/skeɪl/
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/skæɪl/
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[skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
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[skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
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- (transitive) To climb to the top of.
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escalader
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- (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.
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agrandir,
réduire
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scale
verb
/skeɪl/
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/skæɪl/
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[skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
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[skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
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- (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
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écailler
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