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English

1. 🔊 a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
2. 🔊 an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
3. 🔊 a measuring instrument for weighing
4. 🔊 (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
5. 🔊 a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
6. 🔊 a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
7. 🔊 relative magnitude
   “they entertained on a grand scale”
8. 🔊 the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
   “the scale of the map”
9. 🔊 an ordered reference standard
   “judging on a scale of 1 to 10”
10. 🔊 a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
11. 🔊 size or measure according to a scale
    “This model must be scaled down”
12. 🔊 measure with or as if with scales
    “scale the gold”
13. 🔊 remove the scales from
    “scale fish”
14. 🔊 pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
15. 🔊 climb up by means of a ladder
16. 🔊 reach the highest point of
    “We scaled the Mont Blanc”
17. 🔊 take by attacking with scaling ladders
    “The troops scaled the walls of the fort”
18. 🔊 measure by or as if by a scale
    “This bike scales only 25 pounds”

Spanish

1. 🔊 coronar to scale, climb
2. 🔊 escalar to scale, to climb
3. 🔊 dimensión scale, scope, extent

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