Scale

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Scale or scales may refer to:

In names of persons

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

In names of places

• Scales, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, a village
• Scales, California, a community in the United States
• Southern California Linux Expo, an open-source software conference held in Los Angeles, California

In mathematics and computer science

• 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
• Scalability, a concept in computer science and electronics

In the physical sciences

• Scale (physics), an informal system of general size categorizations
• Scale (chemistry), to the scale in mass or volume, of a chemical reaction or process
• Weighing scale, an instrument used to measure weight

In the biological and medical sciences

• Scale (anatomy), a rigid plate which grows out of the skin of various animals
  • Fish scale
  • Reptile scale
  • Bulb scale, the storage layers of a plant bulb
  • a scale as a flat trichome, any flat epidermal outgrowth, in botany
• Scale insect, a waxy coated animal that resembles a fish scale
• Scale (Lepidopteran anatomy)
• Scale (dermatology), a secondary skin lesion in humans that resembles animal scales

In manufacturing

• Limescale, a chalky deposit
• Mill scale, the flaky surface on hot rolled steel, consisting of iron oxides
• Fouling, buildup of unwanted substances, sometimes called "scale", on hard surfaces

In geography and history

• 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
• Mizan (Scale in English), a treatise on Islam by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
• Scale armour, an early form of armor

In the social sciences and business

• Scale (social sciences), related to ordering entities by quantitative attributes, e.g., see Index (social sciences)
• Pay scale, as a system or structure of compensation for work
  • Scale as work conditions and minimum compensation, e.g., set by the Screen Actors Guild

In 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

In other uses

• Libra (constellation), also known as "the scales"
• The scales of justice, held by Lady Justice