O que é scale?
O que é scale?
- A scale insect.
- A plant disease or infestation caused by scale insects.
- One of the many small platelike dermal or epidermal structures that characteristically form the external covering of fishes, reptiles, and certain mammals.
- A similar part, such as one of the minute structures overlapping to form the covering on the wings of butterflies and moths.
- Pathology A dry thin flake of epidermis shed from the skin.
- A small thin piece.
- Botany A small, thin, usually dry, often appressed plant structure, such as any of the protective leaves that cover a tree bud or the bract that subtends a flower in a sedge spikelet.
- A flaky oxide film formed on a metal, as on iron, that has been heated to high temperatures.
- A flake of rust.
- A hard mineral coating that forms on the inside surface of boilers, kettles, and other containers in which water is repeatedly heated.
- To clear or strip of scale or scales: Scale and clean the fish.
- To remove in layers or scales: scaled off the old paint.
- To cover with scales; encrust.
- To throw (a thin flat object) so that it soars through the air or skips along the surface of water.
- Dentistry To remove (tartar) from tooth surfaces with a pointed instrument.
- Australian To cheat; swindle.
- Australian To ride on (a tram or train, for example) without paying the fare.
- To come off in scales or layers; flake.
- To become encrusted.
- A system of ordered marks at fixed intervals used as a reference standard in measurement: a ruler with scales in inches and centimeters.
- An instrument or device bearing such marks.
- A standard of measurement or judgment; a criterion.
- A proportion used in determining the dimensional relationship of a representation to that which it represents: a world map with a scale of 1:4,560,000.
- A calibrated line, as on a map or an architectural plan, indicating such a proportion.
- Proper proportion: a house that seemed out of scale with its surroundings.