scale
An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurementAn ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
» What's the scale of this map?
Welchen Maßstab hat diese Karte?
Каков масштаб этой карты?
Який масштаб цієї мапи?
Meaning
21 sensesAn ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.
The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the open-ended Richter scale.
Skala
шкала́škalá
шкала́škalá
Size; scope.
There are some who question the scale of our ambitions.
Ausmaß
масшта́бmasštáb
масшта́бmasštáb
the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
This map uses a scale of 1:10.
Maßstab
масшта́бmasštáb
масшта́бmasštáb
A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.
A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
Tonleiter
га́ммаgámma
(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.
the decimal scale, the binary scale
Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
A standard amount of money to be paid for a service, for example union-negotiated amounts received by a performer or writer; similar to wage scale or pay grade.
Sally wasn't the star of the show, so she was glad to be paid scale.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Schuppe
чешуя́češujá
лу́скаlúska
(countable, uncountable)A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
чешу́йкаčešújka
(countable, uncountable)A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
Schuppe
чешу́йкаčešújka
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
(countable, uncountable)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.
Examples
235 sentencesWhat's the scale of this map?
Який масштаб цієї мапи?
ruКаков масштаб этой карты?
deWelchen Maßstab hat diese Karte?
I weighed myself on the bathroom scales.
Я зважився на вагах у ванній кімнаті.
ruЯ взвесился на весах в ванной.
deIch habe mich auf der Waage im Badezimmer gewogen.
How happy are you on a scale of one to ten?
ruНасколько ты счастлив по шкале от одного до десяти?
deWie glücklich bist du auf einer Skala von eins bis zehn?
On a scale of one to ten, how funny would you say you are?
What did you think of the movie on a scale of one to ten?
ruКак тебе фильм по шкале от одного до десяти?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 7
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Origin
From Middle English scale, from Latin scāla, usually in plural scālae (“a flight of steps,From Middle English scale, from Latin scāla, usually in plural scālae (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder”), for *skand-slā, from scandō (“to climb”); see scan, ascend, descend, etc. Doublet of scala.
From Middle English scale, from Old French escale, from Frankish and/or Old High German skala, from Proto-Germanic *skalō. Cognate with Old English sċealu (“shell, husk”), whence the modern doublet shale. Further cognate with Dutch schaal, German Schale, French écale.
Inherited from Northern Middle English scale (non-Northern scole), from Old Norse skál (“bowl”) from Proto-Germanic *skēlō. Compare Danish skål (“bowl, cup”), Dutch schaal, German Schale, Old High German scāla, Old English scealu (“cup”).
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Forms
plural: scalesSynonyms
11 synonyms- a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass:weighing machine
- (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave):musical scale
- a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin:scurfexfoliation
- a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin:scale leaf
- an ordered reference standard:scale of measurementgraduated tableordered series
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners):plateshell
Word family
113 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- scaled the fish
- on a scale
- scale of one
- a scale of
- on the scale