(music) A scale including all twelve semitones in an octave.

plural of chromatic scale

A system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is 1,000 times the previous term. (i.e., a billion is a thousand million.)

A system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is 1,000,000 times the previous term (e.g. a billion is a million million).

plural of Kelvin scale

(US, Australia) A popular scale for model railroads; 1:87 scale

(music) double harmonic scale, a scale with two augmented seconds. / (music) quarter tone scale, or 24 tone equal temperament.

The original scale used on the Baumé type of densimeter to quantify the density of liquids.

(transitive) To reduce the size of something whilst maintaining proportion. / (transitive) To reduce the cost of a process, or the amount spent on something.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scale, up. / To increase the size of something whilst maintaining proportion. / To change a process in order to allow for greater quantities.