Scale

/skeɪl/

The meaning and definition of Scale, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.
    “Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.”
  2. The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
    “This map uses a scale of 1:10.”
verb
  1. 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.
    “We should scale that up by a factor of 10.”
  2. To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
    “That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.”

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