Scale

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Scale or scales may refer to:

Common meanings

• Scale (anatomy), a rigid plate which grows out of the skin of various animals
  • Fish scale
  • Reptile scale
  • Scale (Lepidopteran anatomy), on the wings of butterflies and moths
• Scale (map), the ratio of a distance on a map to the corresponding actual distance
• Scale (ratio), the ratio of a linear dimension of the model to the same dimension of the original
• Weighing scale, an instrument used to measure weight or mass
• Limescale, a chalky deposit

Compensation

• Pay scale
  • Scale, the minimum compensation rates and work conditions set by the Screen Actors Guild

Mathematics

• Scale (descriptive set theory), an object defined on a set of points (for example real numbers) and used for a wide variety of applications
• Scale parameter, a description of the spread or dispersion of a probability distribution
• Scaling (geometry), a linear transformation that enlarges or shrinks objects
• 3D Scaling, a storage architecture provides the ability to scale deep to connect and manage external multi-vendor storage platforms

Music

• Scale (album), a 2006 album by electronic artist Matthew Herbert
• Scale (music), a sequence of ordered musical notes
• Scale (string instruments), the sounding length of the strings of an instrument
• "The Scale", a song by Interpol from Our Love to Admire

People

• Scales (surname)
• Baron Scales, a title in the Peerage of England

Science

• Scale (dermatology), a secondary skin lesion in humans that resembles animal scales
• Scale (physics), an informal system of general size categorizations
• Scale (social sciences), the process of measuring or ordering entities with respect to quantitative attributes or traits
• Scale rulers, specifically Architect's scale and Engineer's scale
• In botany, any flat epidermal outgrowth, a flat trichome

Other uses

• Fouling, buildup of unwanted substances, sometimes called "scale", on hard surfaces
• Libra (constellation), also known as "the scales"
• Mill scale, the flaky surface on hot rolled steel, consisting of iron oxides
• Scale armour, an early form of armour
• Scales, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, a village
• Southern California Linux Expo, an open-source software conference held in Los Angeles, California

See also

• Mizan (Scale in English), a treatise on Islam by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
• Scale insect, a waxy coated animal that resembles a fish scale

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