To make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.

The large size or amount characteristic of industrial processes. / (colloquial, often attributive) Largeness.

(inorganic chemistry) Group 3 of the periodic table, comprising scandium, yttrium, lanthanum and actinium.

plural of scale cube

(geology, photography) A reference cube of standard, unitary size, normally one centimetre long, or one inch long for older American versions, placed beside a rock or meteorite sample to show scale and orientation during photography. Four sides of the cube are marked N, S, E, and W, respectively, to indicate the cardinal points of the compass, and the other two sides are marked T and B, for top and bottom.

(measurement, statistics) A scale of measurement of data having a fixed zero value, which permits the quantitative comparison of differences of values.

A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 d5, in which both the white king's pawn and the black queen's pawn advance two squares as the first moves.

Small, temporary scaffolding, often equipped with wheels, for small-scale building work

A type of ruler used to make engineering drawings to scale

Alternative letter-case form of Scandinavian Peninsula