as in balances
a device for measuring weight
I hate getting on the bathroom scale
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Relevance
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as in hierarchies
a scheme of rank or order
a student who scored very highly on a standard intelligence scale
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as in spectrums
the distance or extent between possible extremes
with the scale going from one to ten, what did you think of the movie?
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as in measures
to find out the size, extent, or amount of
scaled the logs to get a rough idea of the amount of usable lumber they were likely to yield
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“Scales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scales. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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