A graphical representation on a map, rather like a ruler, that represents its scale.

(music) A blues scale.

plural of blue scale

(economics, idiomatic, plural only) a function describing how returns scale when production increases in the long run

Alternative form of thumb on the scale

(idiomatic) An act of bias or a tactic for cheating which creates a situation that unfairly benefits one party involved in an interaction.

singular of economies of scale

plural of scale leaf

(botany) A small flat leaf resembling a scale, such as on many conifers. / (botany) A small modified leaf, especially a colorless membranous one, such as on a rhizome or forming part of a bulb.

plural of minor scale