An ordered reference standard:
— Judging on a scale of 1 to 10.

synoniemen: graduated table, ordered series, scale of measurement.

Roget 319: gravity, gravitation; weight; heaviness etc. adj.; specific gravity; pondorosity^†, pressure, load; burden, burthen^†; ballast, counterpoise; lump of, mass of, weight of.    lead, millstone, mountain, Ossa on Pelion.    weighing, ponderation^†, trutination^†; weights; avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight; grain, scruple, drachma^†, ounce, pound, lb, arroba^†, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod^†.    [metric weights] gram, centigram, milligram, microgram, kilogram; nanogram, picogram, femtogram, attogram.    [Weighing Instrument] balance, scale, scales, steelyard, beam, weighbridge^†; spring balance, piezoelectric balance, analytical balance, two-pan balance, one-pan balance; postal scale, baby scale.    [Science of gravity] statics.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 591: printing; block printing, type-printing; plate printing etc. 558 (engraving); the press etc. (publication) 531; composition.    print, letterpress, text; context, note, page, column.    typography; stereotype, electrotype, aprotype^†; type, black letter, font, fount; pi, pie; capitals etc. (letters) 561; brevier^†, bourgeois, pica boldface &c., capitals, caps.   , catchword; composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick; italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype; lower case, upper case; make-up, matrix, matter, monotype^†; [point system], 4-1/2 point, 5 point, 5-1/2 point, 6 point, 7 point, 8 point, press room, press work; reglet^†, roman; running head, running title; scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay.    folio etc. (book) 593; copy, impression, pull, proof, revise; author's proof, galley proof, press proof; press revise.    printer, compositor, reader; printer's devil copyholder.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 466: measurement, admeasurement^†, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, assessment, assize; estimate, estimation; dead reckoning, reckoning etc. (numeration) 85; gauging etc. v.; horse power.    metrology, weights and measures, compound arithmetic.    measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers; gage, gauge; meter, line, rod, check; dividers; velo^†.    flood mark, high water mark; Plimsoll line; index etc. 550.    scale; graduation, graduated scale; nonius^†; vernier etc. (minuteness) 193.    [instruments for measuring] bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer^†, pantometer^†, pluviometer^†, pneumatometer^†, pneumometer^†, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer^†, telemeter, udometer^†, vacuometer^†, variometer^†, viameter^†, thermometer, thermistor (heat) etc. 382, barometer (air) etc. 338, anemometer (wind) 349, dynamometer, goniometer, (angle) 244 meter; landmark etc. (limit) 233; balance, scale etc. (weight) 319; marigraph^†, pneumatograph^†, stethograph^†; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter (volts), ammeter (amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer (molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter (radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar, (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity). measurability, computability, determinability^†.    coordinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coordinates, latitude and longitude, declination and right ascension, altitude and azimuth.    geometry, stereometry^†, hypsometry^†; metage^†; surveying, land surveying; geodesy, geodetics^†, geodesia^†; orthometry^†, altimetry^†; cadastre [Fr.].    astrolabe, armillary sphere^†.    land surveyor; geometer.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 69: continuity; consecution, consecutiveness etc. adj.; succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain; catenation, concatenation; scale; gradation, course; ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent.    procession, column; retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array.    pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race; ancestry, descent, family, house; line, line of ancestors; strain.    rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team; suit; colonnade.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 51: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel.    piece [Fr.], lump, bit cut, cutting; chip, chunk, collop^†, slice, scale; lamina etc. 204; small part; morsel, particle etc. (smallness) 32; installment, dividend; share etc. (allotment) 786.    debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus; excerpta^†; member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig; runner; leaf, leaflet; stump; component part etc. 56; sarmentum^†.    compartment; department etc. (class) 75; county etc. (region) 181.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 413: melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme etc. (poetry) 597.    pitch, timbre, intonation, tone.    scale, gamut; diapason; diatonic chromatic scale^†, enharmonic scale^†; key, clef, chords.    modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution.    staff, stave, line, space, brace; bar, rest; appoggiato^†, appoggiatura^†; acciaccatura^†.    note, musical note, notes of a scale; sharp, flat, natural; high note etc. (shrillness) 410; low note etc. 408; interval; semitone; second, third, fourth &c.; diatessaron^†.    breve, semibreve [Mus.], minim, crotchet, quaver; semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver; sustained note, drone, burden.    tonic; key note, leading note, fundamental note; supertonic^†, mediant^†, dominant; submediant^†, subdominant^†; octave, tetrachord^†; major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode; passage, phrase.    concord, harmony; emmeleia^†; unison, unisonance^†; chime, homophony; euphony, euphonism^†; tonality; consonance; consent; part.    [Science of harmony] harmony, harmonics; thorough-bass, fundamental-bass; counterpoint; faburden^†.    piece of music etc. 415 [Fr.]; composer, harmonist^†, contrapuntist (musician) 416.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 200: length, longitude, span; mileage; distance etc. 196.    line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius.    lengthening etc. v.; prolongation, production, protraction; tension, tensure^†; extension.    [Measures of length] line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league; chain, link; arpent^†, handbreadth^†, jornada [U.S.], kos^†, vara^†.    [astronomical units of distance] astronomical unit, AU, light-year, parsec.    [metric units of length] nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km.    pedometer, perambulator; scale etc. (measurement) 466.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 193: littleness etc. adj.; smallness etc. (of quantity) 32; exiguity, inextension^†; parvitude^†, parvity^†; duodecimo^†; Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm; rudiment; vanishing point; thinness etc. 203.    dwarf, pygmy, pigmy^†, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon^†, urchin, elf; atomy^†, dandiprat^†; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb^†; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling^†, cock-sparrow.    animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet^†, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon^†; bacteria; infusoria^†; microzoa [Micro.]; phytozoaria^†; microbe; grub; tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry; millet seed, mustard seed; barleycorn; pebble, grain of sand; molehill, button, bubble.    point; atom etc. (small quantity) 32; fragment etc. (small part) 51; powder etc. 330; point of a pin, mathematical point; minutiae etc. (unimportance) 643.    micrometer; vernier; scale.    microphotography, photomicrography, micrography^†; photomicrograph, microphotograph; microscopy; microscope (optical instruments) 445.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 71: term, rank, station, stage, step; degree etc. 26; scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch; stand, standing; footing, range.    ... meer laten zien

Pools: skala

Relative magnitude.

Nederlands: schaalverdeling

The ratio between the size of something and a representation of it.

Nederlands: schaal, schaalverdeling
Pools: podziałka, skala

A specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin.

synoniem: scale leaf.

A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin.

synoniemen: exfoliation, scurf.

Nederlands: huidschilfer, vel, velletje

music A series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave).

synoniem: musical scale.

Nederlands: toonladder
Pools: skala

A measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass.

synoniem: weighing machine.

Nederlands: schaal, weegschaal, weegtoestel
Pools: waga

An indicator having a graduated sequence of marks.

Pools: kreska

A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners).

synoniemen: plate, shell.

Roget 204: layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment; table, tablet; dess^†; flagstone; board, plank; trencher, platter.    plate; lamina, lamella; sheet, foil; wafer; scale, flake, peel; coat, pellicle; membrane, film; leaf; slice, shive^†, cut, rasher, shaving, integument etc. (covering) 223; eschar^†.    stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion.    monolayer; bilayer; trilayer [Bioch.].    ... meer laten zien

Roget 223: covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino^†, baldaquin^†; canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri [Fr.], umbrella, parasol, sunshade; veil (shade) 424; shield etc. (defense) 717.    roof, ceiling, thatch, tile; pantile, pentile^†; tiling, slates, slating, leads; barrack [U.S.], plafond, planchment [U.S.], tiling, shed etc. (abode) 189.    top, lid, covercle^†, door, operculum; bulkhead [U.S.].    bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil^†, finger stall.    coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget^†; housing; antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah^†, pillowcase, pillowslip^†; linoleum; saddle cloth, blanket cloth; tidy; tilpah [U.S.], apishamore [U.S.].    integument, tegument; skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen^†, hide; pelt, peltry^†; cordwain^†; derm^†; robe, buffalo robe [U.S.]; cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis.    clothing etc. 225; mask etc. (concealment) 530.    peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat; eggshell, glume^†.    capsule; sheath, sheathing; pod, cod; casing, case, theca^†; elytron^†; elytrum^†; involucrum [Lat.]; wrapping, wrapper; envelope, vesicle; corn husk, corn shuck [U.S.]; dermatology, conchology; testaceology^†.    inunction^†; incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction^†; scale etc. (layer) 204.    [specific coverings] veneer, facing; overlay; plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate; engobe^†; ormolu; Sheffield plate; pavement; coating, paint; varnish etc. (resin) 216.1; plating, barrel plating, anointing etc. v.; enamel; epitaxial deposition [Eng.], vapor deposition; ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo; cerement; ointment etc. (grease) 356.    ... meer laten zien

A flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals.

Nederlands: schub
Pools: łuska

Measure by or as if by a scale.

Pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard.

Take by attacking with scaling ladders.

Reach the highest point of:
— We scaled the Mont Blanc.

synoniem: surmount.

Roget 305: ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise; go up, get up, work one's way up, start up; shoot up, go into orbit; float up; bubble up; aspire.    climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade^†, surmount; shin, shinny, shinney; scale, scale the heights.    [cause to go up] raise, elevate etc. 307.    go aloft, fly aloft; tower, soar, take off; spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards; hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge; leap etc. 309.    ... meer laten zien

Climb up by means of a ladder.

Nederlands: opklauteren

Remove the scales from:
— Scale fish.

synoniem: descale.

Measure with or as if with scales.

Size or measure according to a scale.