scale

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Noun

1. (obsolete) 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.
6. A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
7. A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.
8. Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
9. A standard amount of money to be paid for a service, for example union-negotiated amounts received by a performer or writer; similar to wage scale or pay grade.

Noun

1. 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.
2. A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
3. A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
4. Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.
5. The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
6. Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
7. Limescale.
8. A scale insect.
9. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.
10. An infestation of scale insects on a plant; commonly thought of as, or mistaken for, a disease.

Noun

1. A device to measure mass or weight.
2. Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.

Concepten

schaal

schub

weegschaal

toonladder

schilfer

grootte

toonschaal

aanslag

bestek

omvang

uitgebreidheid

verhouding

scala

schaalverdeling

beklimmen

wegen

met een ladder beklimmen

bascule

abacus

telraam

afmeting

coupe

dimensie

figuur

gestalte

lichaamsbouw

maat

mate

postuur

statuur

schaal aanpassen

klimmen

ladder

afschilferen

bikken

maatstaf

meten

op schaal tekenen

overklimmen

pellen

schilferen

schrappen

schubben

talstelsel

tandsteen

waag

Met koppelteken als

sc‧ale

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/skeɪl/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English scale, from Latin scāla, usually in plural scālae (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder”), for *skand-slā, from scandō (“I climb”); see scan, ascend, descend, etc. Doublet of scala.

Zinnen

The weight of the package was seen on the high scale .

Het gewicht van het pakket werd op hoge schaal gezien.

Therefore , the scale has a very limited ability to assist in disaster-aid deployment .

Daarom heeft de schaal een zeer beperkt vermogen om te helpen bij de inzet van rampen.