scale
A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
Other meanings
An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
“Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.”
The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
“This map uses a scale of 1:10.”
Synonyms
- graduated table
- ordered series
Word history
From Latin "scāla".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “scale” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.