| Beaufort scale |
a scale that rates the force and speed of wind from 0, "calm," to 12 or more, "hurricane". |
| Binet-Simon scale |
a series of tests graded according to the mental abilities at different ages of the average population, esp. children, with which the abilities of the individual test-taker can be compared. |
| chromatic scale |
a musical scale consisting of all half steps. |
| full-scale |
of a copy or model, having the same dimensions as the original; not reduced. [2 definitions] |
| large-scale |
large in scope or extent. [2 definitions] |
| major scale |
in music, a scale of whole steps, with two half-steps that occur between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth steps. |
| minor scale |
any diatonic musical scale in which there is a half-step between the second and third tones of the corresponding major scale. |
| Mohs scale |
a scale that designates the comparative hardness of minerals. |
| platform scale |
an industrial weighing device fitted with a platform on which esp. large or heavy objects can be placed and weighed. |
| Richter scale |
a logarithmic scale from one to ten that is used to measure the intensity and magnitude of an earthquake. |
| San Jose scale |
a type of scale insect that destroys fruit trees and other plants. |
| scale back |
to reduce the size or extent of something from what it currently is or what it previously had been. |
| scale insect |
any of numerous four-winged sucking insects, the females of which cover themselves with a round, waxy scale, under which they live on plants and deposit their eggs. |
| sliding scale |
a scale or standard of costs, wages, fees, or the like that varies according to other factors such as cost of living, level of income, or prices. |
| small-scale |
constructed with fewer details as a smaller version of an original or of a proposed model. [2 definitions] |
| wage scale |
a schedule of the wages paid to workers in a given industry or locality, or paid by a given employer. |