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scale noun

  /skeɪl/ , /skæɪl/ , [skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ] , [skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
  • (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.
 音階, スケール
  • An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
 目盛り, 強度, 等級
  • Size; scope.
 規模, 大きさ
  • The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
 縮尺比

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.
 鱗
  • 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.
 鱗片

scale noun

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

scales noun

  /skeɪlz/
  • A device for measuring weight.
 秤, 天秤

scale verb

  /skeɪl/ , /skæɪl/ , [skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ] , [skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
  • (transitive) To climb to the top of.
 登る
  • (intransitive, computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
 見合う

scale verb

  /skeɪl/ , /skæɪl/ , [skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ] , [skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
  • (intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
 ガサガサにする, 肌荒れを起こす
  • (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
 鱗を落とす, 鱗を除く
musical scale
音階
Richter scale
リヒター・スケール
Beaufort scale
ビューフォート風力階級
large-scale
大型, 大規模
small-scale
小型, 小規模
major scale
長音階
scale model
スケールモデル
diatonic scale
全音階
chromatic scale
半音階
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