Meaning

• Noun

  1. ladder (a frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent)
  2. scale (an ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude)
  3. scale (a series of notes spanning an octave)
  4. ladder, hierarchy (of a company, of the military)
  5. scale (the ratio of depicted distance to actual distance)
  6. scale (size; scope)

• Verb