Dimension vs. Scale
Dimensionnoun
A single aspect of a given thing.
Dimensionnoun
A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
Dimensionnoun
A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
Dimensionnoun
(geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
Dimensionnoun
(linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
Dimensionnoun
(physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
Dimensionnoun
(computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
Dimensionnoun
An alternative universe or plane of existence.
Dimensionverb
(transitive) To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.
Dimensionnoun
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; - usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom.
Dimensionnoun
Extent; reach; scope; importance; as, a project of large dimensions.
Dimensionnoun
The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension.
Dimensionnoun
A literal factor, as numbered in characterizing a term. The term dimensions forms with the cardinal numbers a phrase equivalent to degree with the ordinal; thus, a2b2c is a term of five dimensions, or of the fifth degree.
Dimensionnoun
The manifoldness with which the fundamental units of time, length, and mass are involved in determining the units of other physical quantities.
Dimensionnoun
the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
Dimensionnoun
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished;
Dimensionnoun
one of three cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space
Dimensionnoun
magnitude or extent;
Dimensionverb
indicate the dimensions on;
Dimensionverb
shape or form to required dimensions
Dimensionnoun
a measurable extent of a particular kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height
Dimensionnoun
a mode of linear extension of which there are three in space and two on a flat surface, which corresponds to one of a set of coordinates specifying the position of a point.
Dimensionnoun
an expression for a derived physical quantity in terms of fundamental quantities such as mass, length, or time, raised to the appropriate power (acceleration, for example, having the dimension of length × time⁻²).
Dimensionnoun
an aspect or feature of a situation
Dimensionverb
cut or shape (something) to particular measurements.
Dimensionverb
mark (a diagram) with measurements.
Dimension
In physics and mathematics, the dimension of a mathematical space (or object) is informally defined as the minimum number of coordinates needed to specify any point within it. Thus a line has a dimension of one (1D) because only one coordinate is needed to specify a point on it – for example, the point at 5 on a number line.
Scalenoun
(obsolete) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
Scalenoun
An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.
Scalenoun
Size; scope.
Scalenoun
The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
Scalenoun
A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced
Scalenoun
(music) A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
Scalenoun
A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.
Scalenoun
Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
Scalenoun
A standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union.
Scalenoun
Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
Scalenoun
A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
Scalenoun
A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
Scalenoun
Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.
Scalenoun
The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
Scalenoun
Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
Scalenoun
Limescale.
Scalenoun
A scale insect.
Scalenoun
The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.
Scalenoun
A device to measure mass or weight.
Scalenoun
Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
Scaleverb
(transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
Scaleverb
(transitive) To climb to the top of.
Scaleverb
To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
Scaleverb
(transitive) To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
Scaleverb
(transitive) To remove the scales of.
Scaleverb
(intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
Scaleverb
(transitive) To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
Scaleverb
(transitive) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
Scaleverb
(intransitive) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
Scaleverb
To scatter; to spread.
Scaleverb
(transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
Scalenoun
The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; - chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively.
Scalenoun
The sign or constellation Libra.
Scalenoun
One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid.
Scalenoun
Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc.
Scalenoun
One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids. See Lepidoptera.
Scalenoun
A scale insect. (See below.
Scalenoun
A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns.
Scalenoun
The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
Scalenoun
An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler.
Scalenoun
The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals.
Scalenoun
A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
Scalenoun
Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals.
Scalenoun
Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being.
Scalenoun
Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile.
Scaleverb
To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system.
Scaleverb
To strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler.
Scaleverb
To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
Scaleverb
To scatter; to spread.
Scaleverb
To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
Scaleverb
To separate and come off in thin layers or laminæ; as, some sandstone scales by exposure.
Scaleverb
To separate; to scatter.
Scaleverb
To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as, to scale the wall of a fort.
Scaleverb
To lead up by steps; to ascend.
Scalenoun
an ordered reference standard;
Scalenoun
relative magnitude;
Scalenoun
the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it;
Scalenoun
an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
Scalenoun
a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
Scalenoun
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
Scalenoun
(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
Scalenoun
a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
Scalenoun
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
Scalenoun
a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
Scaleverb
measure by or as if by a scale;
Scaleverb
pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
Scaleverb
take by attacking with scaling ladders;
Scaleverb
reach the highest point of;
Scaleverb
climb up by means of a ladder
Scaleverb
remove the scales from;
Scaleverb
measure with or as if with scales;
Scaleverb
size or measure according to a scale;
