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• a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

  derivation	scaleyscalyscaly
  hypernym	covercoveringnatural covering
  hyponym	fish scalesquama

• an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks

  hypernym	indicator
  hyponym	verniervernier scale

• a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass

  synonym	weighing machine
  hypernym	measuring devicemeasuring instrumentmeasuring system
  hyponym	balanceweighbridge

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

  synonym	plateshell
  hypernym	shield
  hyponym	armor platearmor platingarmour platehorseshoeplate armorplate armourshell platingshoe

• (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

  synonym	musical scale
  derivation	scalarscalic
  domain topic	music
  hypernym	musical notation
  hyponym	blues scalechromatic scalediatonic scalegamutgapped scaleoctatonic scale
  mero member	musical notenotetone

• a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

  synonym	exfoliationscurf
  hypernym	bitchipflakefleckscrap
  hyponym	danderdandruff

• a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin

  synonym	scale leaf
  hypernym	foliageleafleafage
  hyponym	squamule

• relative magnitude

  hypernym

  magnitude relationquantitative relation

• the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it

  hypernym

  proportion

• an ordered reference standard

  synonym	graduated tableordered seriesscale of measurement
  hypernym	criterionmeasurestandardtouchstone
  hyponym	Beaufort scaleDouglas scaleDouglas sea scaleindexinternational sea and swell scalelogarithmic scaleMercalli scaleMohs scalemoment magnitude scaleRichter scaletemperature scalewage scalewage schedulewind scale

• measure with or as if with scales

  derivation	scaling
  hypernym	measurequantify

• size or measure according to a scale

  derivation	scalagescaling
  hypernym	size

• remove the scales from

  synonym	descale
  hypernym	removetaketake awaywithdraw

• pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard

  hypernym

  modelpattern

• climb up by means of a ladder

  derivation	scaling
  hypernym	climbclimb upgo upmount

• reach the highest point of

  synonym	surmount
  hypernym	arrive atattaingainhitmakereach

• take by attacking with scaling ladders

  derivation	scaling
  hypernym	take

• measure by or as if by a scale

  derivation	scalagescaling
  hypernym	measure