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Moderatescale
The correct spelling is scale.
How to pronounce scale
/skeɪl/
nounIPA: /skeɪl/
Say it like: Sca-le
The correct spelling is scale. A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. For example: "Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10."
Usage Examples
“Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.”
“The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale.”
“This map uses a scale of 1:10.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
- 2.An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.
- 3.Size; scope.
- 4.The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
- 5.A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.
verb
- 1.To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
- 2.To climb to the top of.
- 3.To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
- 4.To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
- 5.To remove the scales of.
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