Scale



Related forms — noun: scale — adjective: scale like
noun
1.
(1. An instrument or a machine for weighing. Often used in the plural. 2. Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance) accurate scale ជញ្ជីង
2.
(series of marks made at regular distances along a line, used in measuring, arrangement (of anything) in a series from low to high; ratio between dimensions as shown on map, etc., to actual distance, or length; basis for a numerical system, instrument, succession of notes arranged in order of pitch between given note and its octave; gamut) ស្នាមក្រិតបន្ដគ្នា
Example: The tape measure has a scale in inches, scale on a ruler, scale in centimeters, The decimal scale, the social scale; wage scale. graduated scale ស្នាម ក្រិតបន្ដគ្នា, salary scale កម្រិត, on a large scale ធំ, មិនតិចតួច, មិនតូចតាច, scale of one inch to a mile មាត្រដ្ឋាន
3.
(បច្ចេកទេស) កម្រិតជញ្ជីង
4.
(1. a. One of the many small, plate like dermal or epidermal structures that characteristically form the external covering of fishes, reptiles, and certain mammals. b. A similar part, such as one of the minute structures overlapping to form the covering on the wings of butterflies and moths. 2. Pathology. A dry, thin flake of epidermis shed from the skin. 3. A small, thin piece. 4. Botany. A small, thin, usually dry, such as any of the protective leaves that cover a tree bud or the bract that subtends a flower in a sedge spike let. 5. a. A scale insect. b. A plant disease or infestation caused by scale insects. 6. a. A flaky oxide film formed on a metal, as on iron, that has been heated to high temperatures. b. A flake of rust. 7. A hard mineral coating that forms on the inside surface of boilers, kettles, and other containers in which water is repeatedly heated) ស្រកា, អណ្ដើក, សំបកគ្រំលៀស, ក្បាច់ស្រកានាគ, អ្វីៗដែលបែកធ្លាក់ជាបន្ទះៗ, ក្រមរស្រែង, ក្ដាំង, ក្រមរជើងធ្មេញ
adjective
1.
Scale model នៃសំណាក់
verbpast tense: scaled ; past participle: scaled ; present participle: scaling ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (1. To clear or strip of scale or scales: Scale and clean the fish. 2. To remove in layers or scales: scaled off the old paint. 3. To cover with scales; encrust. 4. To throw (a thin, flat object) so that it soars through the air) មុត, ចាក់, ដោត, ចោះ, កាត់
2.
(TRANSITIVE) (To weigh, as in scales. -Scales name of a constellation. -tip the scales, to weigh, to be biased. -the scales, to determine) ថ្លឹង ទម្ងន់ដោយជញ្ជីង
3.
(TRANSITIVE) (To climb as by a ladder; to measure; to mount, to deprive of scales, to come off or pass in thin layers) scale a wall ឡើង
Example: We scale fish before we cook them.scale down បន្ថយ
4.
(INTRANSITIVE) (To have a given weight, as determined by a scale: cargo that scales 14 metric tons) មានទម្ងន់ (គិតជាគីឡូ ។ល។)
  • brown scale
    - ជំងឺដែលធ្វើឲ្យស្លឹករុក្ខជាតិ ឬដំណាំឡើងខ្មួរ
  • diseconomies of scale
    - សេដ្ឋកិច្ចមិនវិមាត្រស្ថានកាណ៍ដែលការផលិតកើនឡើងហើយព្រមគ្នានោះដែរកើនតម្លៃឯកតា
  • economics of scale
    - សេដ្ឋកិច្ចវិមាត្រុ, សេដ្ឋកិច្ចមាត្រដ្ឋាន
  • economies of scale
    - សេដ្ឋកិច្ចមាត្រដ្ឋាន
  • fixed scale of charges
    - តារាងថ្លៃទំនិញមិនប្រែប្រួល
  • full scale
    - ពេញទំហឹង, ពេញទី
  • full scale fighting
    - ការវាយប្រយុទ្ធពេញធឹង
  • full scale war
    - ការធ្វើសង្រ្កាមពេញទំហឹង
  • incremental scale
    - នៃកម្រិត (បៀវត្សរ៍) ត្រូវដំឡើង
    - កម្រិតបៀវត្សរ៍ត្រូវដំឡើង
  • large scale
    - ខ្នាតធំ
  • large scale survey
    - អង្កេតទ្រង់ទ្រាយធំ
  • minimum efficient scale
    - វិមាត្រប្រសិទិ្ធភាពអប្បបរមា
  • pay scale
    - កម្រិតបៀវត្តរ៍, កាំបៀវត្សរ៍
  • ratio scale
    - មាត្រដ្ឋានផលធៀប, មាត្រដ្ឋានលោការីត
  • Richter scale
    - រង្វាស់ជញ្ជីងតិចទ័រ
  • salary scale
    - កាំបៀត្សរ៍
    - កម្រិតបៀវត្សរ៍, កាំបៀវត្សរ៍
  • scale down
    - បន្ថយ
  • scale of charge
    - តារាងថ្លៃទំនិញ
  • scale off
    - របក
  • scale up
    - ដំឡើង
    - បង្កើន
  • small scale
    - ដែលមានទំហំតូច
    - ខ្នាតតូច
  • tip the scale
    - ជាកត្តាកំណត់សម្រាប់
  • tip the scale at
    - មានទម្ងន់
  • tip turn the scale at
    - មានទម្ងន់
  • wage scale
    - កម្រិតកាំប្រាក់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton.
2.
Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc.
3.
One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids.
4.
A scale insect.
5.
A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns.
6.
The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.
7.
An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler.
8.
The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals.
9.
A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
10.
Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals.
11.
A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like.
12.
A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan.
13.
A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc.
14.
The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves.
15.
Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being.
16.
Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile.
17.
The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively.
18.
The sign or constellation Libra.
verbpast tense: scaled ; past participle: scaled ; present participle: scaling ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as, to scale the wall of a fort.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To lead up by steps; to ascend.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler.
5.
(TRANSITIVE) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
6.
(TRANSITIVE) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
7.
(INTRANSITIVE) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure.
1.
To scatter, to spread
2.
To separate, to scatter