Examples of 'scale' in a sentence
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The various instruments were constructed on the largest scale with great care and accuracy. Royal Society Notes and Records (2022) Forstner, Helmut, Ballance, Robert Competing in a Global Economy (1990) Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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Translations of 'scale'
English-French
● noun: [of fish] écaille; (Music) gamme; [of ruler, thermometer] graduation, échelle (graduée) [...]
● transitive verb: [mountain] escalader; [fish] écailler [...]
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● noun: [of fish, reptile etc] escama; (=flake) [of rust, chalk] hojuela; [of skin] escama; (inside kettle, boiler) costra, (=size, extent) (gen) escala, (=size, extent) (gen) [of problem, disaster] magnitud, escala; (=graduated system) (gen, for salaries) escala [...]
● transitive verb: [fish] quitar las escamas a, escamar, [fish] (Technical) raspar; [teeth] quitar el sarro a, [wall] trepar a, escalar; [tree] trepar a; [mountain] escalar [...]
● intransitive verb: [skin] descamarse [...]
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English-German
● noun: (of fish, snake, skin) Schuppe f; (of rust) Flocke f; (of paint) Plättchen nt; (= kettle scale) Kesselstein m no pl, (pair of) scales: Waage, Skala f; (on thermometer etc) Skala f, Gradeinteilung f; (on ruler) (Maß)einteilung f; (fig) Leiter f; (= social scale) Stufenleiter f; (= list, table) Tabelle f; (= instrument) Messgerät nt; (Mus) Tonleiter f; (of map etc) Maßstab m [...]
● transitive verb: fish (ab)schuppen, mountain, wall erklettern [...]
● intransitive verb: sich schuppen; (paint, rust) abblättern, wiegen [...]
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English-Italian
● noun: (of fish, reptile etc) squama, scaglia; (flake) (of rust, chalk) scaglia; (of skin) squama [...]
● transitive verb: (fish) squamare, (wall, mountain) scalare [...]
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English-Chinese
● noun: [sing] (size, extent) 规模; [count] (measuring system:for temperature etc) 标度; [count] (British:of salaries, fees etc) 级别; [count] (of map, model) 比例 [...]
● modifier: (model, drawing) 按比例制作的 [...]
● transitive verb: (climb) 攀登 [...]
● plural noun: ; a pair set of scales: 一架天平 [...]
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English-Portuguese
● noun: (gen, music) escala; (of fish) escama; (of salaries, fees etc) tabela; (of map also size, extent) escala [...]
● transitive verb: (mountain) escalar; (fish) escamar [...]
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English-Hindi
● singular noun: पैमाना, स्तर [...]
● countable noun: पैमाना [...]
● variable noun: अनुपात, परिमाण [...]
● adjective: मानक [...]
● phrase: वास्तविक नाप-जोख के अनुपात में [...]
● plural noun: तराजू [...]
● transitive verb: चढ़ना [...]
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English-Japanese
● singular noun: 規模 [...]
● countable noun: 目盛り [...]
● adjective: [ADJ n] 縮尺模型 [...]
● transitive verb: [written] 登る [...]
● phrase: 釣り合いがとれない [...]
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English-Korean
● singular noun: 규모 [...]
● countable noun: 스케일, 눈금, 단계 [...]
● adjective: [ADJ n] 축소 모형의 [...]
● transitive verb: [written] 오르다 [...]
● phrase: 균형이 안 맞는 [...]
See entry The scales of a fish or reptile are the small, flat pieces of hard skin that cover its body. Romanian: solz Ukrainian: луска A scale is a set of levels or numbers which are used in a particular system of measuring things or comparing things. Romanian: scară Ukrainian: шкала'scale' in other languages
