| scale | A reduced or rudimentary leaf, for example surrounding a dormant bud, a thin flap of tissue, for example on the ventral surface of a liverwort thallus and at the base of a stamen in members of the family Simaroubaceae. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| scale-up | Conversion of an industrial process from a small laboratory setup to a large commercial endeavor. (09 Oct 1997) |
| scale-winged | <zoology> Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the lepidoptera; scaly-winged. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaleback | <zoology> Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaleboard | 1. A thin slip of wood used to justify a page. 2. A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of firniture, and the like. Scaleboard plane, a plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard. Origin: 3d scale + board. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaled | 1. Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc. 2. Without scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled herring. 3. <zoology> Having feathers which in form, colour, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove. <zoology> Scaled dove, any American dove of the genus Scardafella. Its coloured feather tips resemble scales. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaled sale | A type of timber sale contract that specifies measuring or scaling of the included timber after removal. Scaling determines the number of board feet or c-units to be paid for at contract rates. (05 Dec 1998) |
| scalene | 1. <geometry> Having the sides and angles unequal; said of a triangle. Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone. 2. <anatomy> Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles. Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles. <anatomy> Scalene muscles, a group of muscles, usually three on each side in man, extending from the cervical vertebrae to the first and second ribs. Origin: L. Scalenus, Gr., cf. F. Scalene. <geometry> A triangle having its sides and angles unequal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scalene hiatus | Triangular gap bounded by the scalenus anterior and scalenus medius muscles and the first rib to which the muscles attach; the hiatus provides passage for the subclavian artery and the roots of the brachial plexus. Compression of the structures passing through the hiatus by any means is manifest as "thoracic outlet syndrome." Synonym: interscalene triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalene tubercle | A small spine on the inner edge of the first rib, giving attachment to the scalenus anterior muscle. Synonym: tuberculum musculi scaleni anterioris, Lisfranc's tubercle, scalene tubercle of Lisfranc, tubercle of anterior scalene muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalene tubercle of Lisfranc | A small spine on the inner edge of the first rib, giving attachment to the scalenus anterior muscle. Synonym: tuberculum musculi scaleni anterioris, Lisfranc's tubercle, scalene tubercle of Lisfranc, tubercle of anterior scalene muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalenectomy | Resection of the scalene muscles. Origin: scalene + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalenohedral | <chemistry> Of or pertaining to a scalenohedron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scalenohedron | <chemistry> A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle. Origin: Gr. Uneven + seat, base. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scalenotomy | Division or section of the anterior scalene muscle. Origin: scalene + G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| abbreviated injury scale | Classification system for assessing impact injury severity developed and published by the american association for automotive medicine. It is the system of choice for coding single injuries and is the foundation for methods assessing multiple injuries or for assessing cumulative effects of more than one injury. These include maximum ais (mais), injury severity score (iss), and probability of death score (pods). (12 Dec 1998) |
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| absolute scale | An obsolete term for Kelvin scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| activities of daily living scale | A scale to score physical activity and its limitations, based on answers to simple questions about mobility, self-care, grooming, etc; widely used in geriatrics, rheumatology, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Angstrom scale | A table of wavelengths of a large number of light rays corresponding to as many Fraunhofer's lines in the spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baume scale | A hydrometer scale for determining the specific gravity of liquids heavier and lighter than water, respectively: for liquids lighter than water, divide 140 by 130 plus the Baume degree; for liquids heavier than water, divide 145 by 145 minus the Baume degree. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Binet scale | A measure of intelligence designed for both children and adults. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Binet-Simon scale | Forerunner of individual intelligence tests, particularly the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale, and sometimes referred to as the Binet scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brazelton's Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale | A scale used by obstetricians, paediatricians, and paediatric psychologists to assess the sensory, motor, emotional and physical development of the neonate, usually beginning at birth or in the first month of life. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brief psychiatric rating scale | A scale comprising 18 symptom constructs chosen to represent relatively independent dimensions of manifest psychopathology. The initial intended use was to provide more efficient assessment of treatment response in clinical psychopharmacology research; however, the scale was readily adapted to other uses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Gaffky scale | A numerical rating for the classification of tuberculosis according to the number of tubercle bacilli in the sputum, ranging from 1 (one to four organisms in the whole preparation) to 9 (an average of 100 per field). Synonym: Gaffky scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rahe-Holmes social readjustment rating scale | A widely used scale in the social and behavioural sciences that assigns values to significant life events such as marriage, birth of offspring, bereavement, loss of job; such events correlate with emotional states. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rankine scale | A thermometer scale in which each degree Rankine (캲ank) is equal to the Fahrenheit but applied to the absolute temperature scale with its zero point at absolute zero; 캲ank = 캟 + 459.67. (05 Mar 2000) |
| manifest anxiety scale | True-false questionnaire made up of items believed to indicate anxiety, in which the subject answers verbally the statement that describes him. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ratio scale | A scale that involves physical units and demonstrates their relations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Reaumur scale | A thermometer scale in which each degree Reaumur (캲) is 1/80 of the temperature difference between the freezing point and boiling point of pure water at 1 atmosphere pressure, with 0캲 set at the freezing point and 80캲 set at the boiling point of water. (05 Mar 2000) |