| scale | a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals |
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| scale | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
| scale | an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks |
| scale | a measuring instrument for weighing |
| scale | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) |
| scale | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin |
| scale | a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin |
| scale | relative magnitude |
| scale | the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it |
| scale | an ordered reference standard |
| scale | size or measure according to a scale |
| scale | measure with or as if with scales |