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scaling |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scale \Scale\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scaled}; p. pr & vb n. {Scaling}.] To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also to grade or vary according to a scale or system. Scaling his present bearing with his past. --Shak. {To} {scale, or scale down}, {a debt, wages, etc.}, to reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed ratio or scale. [U.S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scaling \Scal"ing\ (sk[=a]l"[i^]ng), a. 1. Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as a scaling hammer, bar, etc 2. Serving as an aid in clambering; as a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scaling n 1: the act of arranging in a graduated series [syn: {grading}] 2: act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale 3: ascent by or as if by a ladder
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