scale
Scale (Late Middle High German mazstab ) stands for:
- Image scale , in an optical device
- Ruler , device for measuring or marking off lengths
- Scale (cartography) , image reduction
- Scale (ratio) , size ratio of a representation to reality
- Scale level , observation size in geography
- Scale bar , marking or scale on the edge of a map or plan
- Normal , a precise reference object for calibration in measurement technology
- Directive , generally accepted instruction
- Social norm , moral or moral claim
- Standard , rule or norm
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Wiktionary: scale - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
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