Scale

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Scale can refer to:

• Weighing scale, an instrument used in measuring weight
• Scale (music), a domain of musical notes
• Scale (ratio)
• Scale (model railroading)
• Scale (spatial), an informal system of general size categorizations
• Scale (zoology), a rigid plate which grows out of the skin of some animals
• Scale (social sciences)
• Scale (string instruments), the sounding length of the strings of an instrument
• Scale (map)
• Scale (album), by electronic artist Matthew Herbert
• Scale parameter, a numerical parameter in statistics
• Scale factor (Universe)
• Libra (constellation), the scale
• Scales, South Lakeland - a village in Cumbria, England
• Scale insect
• Scale model
• Scaling (geometry)
• Scaling
• Architect's scale, a ruler-like device which facilitates the production of technical drawings
• Duration scale, an ordering of time intervals from shortest to longest
• Engineer's scale, a simple measurement device
• Scalability, a system's capacity to adapt to changes in size and complexity
• Scale armour
• Measurement, referring to the size of buildings or other structures
• Fouling, buildup of unwanted substances, sometimes called "scale", on hard surfaces, such as the inside of a pipe
• Mizan (Scale or Balance in English), a treatise on the contents of Islam by Pakistani scholar Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
• Southern California Linux Expo, or SCALE, an annual Linux, Open-Source, and Free Software conference held at Los Angeles, CA