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scale: I. noun II. transitive verb
scale: noun
scale: I. noun II. transitive verb
full-scale: adjective and adverb
large-scale: adjective and adverb
scale down: transitive verb
sliding scale: noun

I . scale¹ [skeɪl] N

1. scale ZOOL:

escama f

2. scale no pl:

scale TECH, MED

II . scale¹ [skeɪl] VB trans

1. scale (remove scales):

2. scale:

scale TECH, MED

tirar o tártaro

scale² N (weighing device)

prato m de balança

scales

scales (bigger)

I . scale³ N (range, magnitude, proportion)

scale a. MUS

scale a. MUS

escala f

on a large/small scale

em grande/pequena escala

on a scale of 1 to 10

em uma escala de 1 a 10

to draw sth to scale

desenhar a. c. em escala

II . scale³ VB trans

representar em escala

full-scale ADJ

1. full-scale (original size):

de tamanho natural

2. full-scale (all-out):

total

large-scale ADJ

large-scale

em larga escala

scale down VB trans

sliding scale N

sliding scale

escala f variável

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In general, the technology that scales to the smallest cell size will end up being the least expensive per bit. en.wikipedia.org

The scales are a trichoderm with septate hyphae 7.2 to 23.5 m in diameter, with clamp connections and yellowish brown pigment encrusted in bands. en.wikipedia.org

He refused to work for white men who would fix the scales and shortchange him when his cotton haul was weighed. www.chicagotribune.com

Hind wing uniform, unmarked except for a large patch of light-brown, densely set hair-like scales on the outer upper third of the wing. en.wikipedia.org

Many references to the bridge describe it as snakelike for its winding path, and some even refer to the stainless steel plates as scales with discussion of reptilian forms. en.wikipedia.org

His teaching method made use of charts and what he called ladders, to explain scales, staffs, clefs, note values, intervals, and dynamics. en.wikipedia.org

It forms colorless scales which have a bitter taste, but it is highly inadvisable to taste either this substance or elaterium. en.wikipedia.org

Other characters include stalked buds with just one pair of scales, and flowers on arching to pendulous racemes. en.wikipedia.org

Down the center of the back is a row of slightly-enlarged, keeled dorsal scales that become slightly larger as you move down the back. en.wikipedia.org

The scales of the bulb become watery and disintegrate. en.wikipedia.org

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