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scale

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "scale" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable
5 characters
English (US)
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scale

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, scale is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofscale

1noun
  • A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
  • An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.

    Example: "Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10."

  • Size; scope.

    Example: "The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale."

  • The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.

    Example: "This map uses a scale of 1:10."

  • A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.
  • A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
  • A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.

    Example: "the decimal scale; the binary scale"

  • Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
  • A standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union.

    Example: "Sally wasn't the star of the show, so she was glad to be paid scale."

1verb
  • To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.

    Example: "We should scale that up by a factor of 10."

  • To climb to the top of.

    Example: "Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest."

  • To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.

    Example: "That architecture won't scale to real-world environments."

  • To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.

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