A series of musical notes arranged from low to high by a specified scheme of intervals suitable for musical purposes.

The bract of a catkin.

See <<boiler scale>>

1. A series of markings used for reading the value of a quantity or setting.

2. To change the magnitude of a variable in a uniform way, as by multiplying or dividing by a constant factor, or the ratio of the real thing's magnitude to the magnitude of the model or analog of the model.

3. A weighing device.

4. A ruler or other measuring stick.

5. A dense deposit bonded on the surface of a tube in a heat exchanger or on the surface of an evaporating device.

An indication of represented to actual distances on a map, chart, or drawing.

A thick metallic oxide coating formed usually by heating metals in air.

1. A one-to-one correspondence between numbers and the value of some physical quantity, such as the centigrade or Kelvin temperature scales on the API (American Petroleum Institute) or Baumé scales of specific gravity.

2. To determine a quantity at some order of magnitude by using data or relationships which are known to be valid at other (usually lower) orders of magnitude.

A flat calcified or cornified platelike structure on the skin of most fishes and of some tetrapods.