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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.
 scala

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.
 squāma, squama

scales noun

  /skeɪlz/
  • A device for measuring weight.
 lībra, statēra, trutina

scale verb

  /skeɪl/ , /skæɪl/ , [skeɪ̯(ə)ɫ] , [skæɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
  • (transitive) To climb to the top of.
 ascendō, scandō

scaled adjective

  /skeɪld/
  • Without scales, or with the scales removed.
 squāmeus, squāmōsus
bathroom scales
libra
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