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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.
 га́мма
  • An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
 шкала́
  • Size; scope.
  • The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
 масшта́б

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.
 чешуя́, чешу́йка
  • (uncountable) The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
 на́кипь
  • A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
 чешу́йка
  • A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
 чешу́йка, чешуя

scale noun

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

scales noun

  /skeɪlz/
  • A device for measuring weight.
 весы́, весы

scale verb

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

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.
 чисти́ть
bathroom scales
весы, личные весы, медицинские весы
tip the scales
[[обеспе́чить]] [[переве́с]], переве́сить
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