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escala
An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.
The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the open-ended Richter scale.
envergadura • escala • inmensidad • magnitud • tamaño
Size; scope.
There are some who question the scale of our ambitions.
We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that o…
escala
The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
This map uses a scale of 1:10.
escala • gama
A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
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Gunter's scaleInternet-scaleRaglan's scalealtered scaleat scalediseconomies of scaleeconomies of scalefull-scaleglobal-scalegray-scaleindustrial scalelarge-scalelong scalemedium-scalemicroscalemilliscaleoff the scalereturns to scaleroom-scalesalary scalescale barscale cubescale degreescale heightscale invariancescale modelscale modelerscale rulerscaleboundscalefreesmall-scalethumb on the scaletime scaletimescaleto scaleultra large scale integrationupscalevery large scale integrationwafer-scale integrationwide-scale
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escama
Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
Fish that, with their fins and shining scales, / Glide under the green wave.
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platillo
Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
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agrandar • reducir
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.
We should scale that up by a factor of 10.
escalar
To climb to the top of.
At last I came to the great barrier-cliffs; and after three days of mad effort—of maniacal effort—I scaled them. I built crude ladders; I wedged sticks in narrow fissures; I choppe…
Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest.
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