Scale
nounid
128273·updated May 16, 2026“Scale” is retired. It does not tag in any document, it is excluded from the anchor pack, and it does not hold its lemma — so another term can take it.
deprecated
a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
No variants recorded
This term has no surface-form variants in the lexicon yet, so it tags only its canonical form.
Framework definitions
- §1
- a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
- §2
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- §3
- an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
- §4
- a measuring instrument for weighing
- §5
- (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
- §6
- a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
- §7
- a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
- §8
- relative magnitude
- §9
- the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
- §10
- an ordered reference standard
Outgoing relationships
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Incoming relationships
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