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    scale
    /skeɪl/

    noun

    • 1. a graduated range of values forming a standard system for measuring or grading something: "a new salary scale is planned for all universities" Similar calibrated systemcalibrationgraduated systemsystem of measurement
    • 2. the relative size or extent of something: "no one foresaw the scale of the disaster" Similar extentsizescopemagnitude

    verb

    • 1. climb up or over (something high and steep): "thieves scaled a high fence"
    • 2. represent in proportional dimensions; reduce or increase in size according to a common scale.

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