Danish Meaning of scales

skalaer

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Definitions and Meaning of scales in English

scales

a small thin dry lamina shed (as in many skin diseases) from the skin, a graduated series of musical tones ascending or descending in order of pitch according to a specified scheme of their intervals, minimum wage sense 2, size in comparison, an indication of the relationship between the distances on a map and the corresponding actual distances, either pan or tray of a balance, an estimate of the amount of sound lumber in logs or standing timber, escalade, a series of marks or points at known intervals used to measure distances (such as the height of the mercury in a thermometer), to have a specified weight, according to the proportions of an established scale of measurement, an instrument or machine for weighing, to climb up or reach by means of a ladder, to measure or estimate the sound content of (logs, standing timber, etc.), a wage consistent with such rates compare minimum wage, to arrange in order with the highest assigned one value (as a grade of A) and the lowest another value (as a grade of D) with the rest placed in groups between the two, a rule by which something can be measured or judged, to throw (something, such as a thin, flat stone) so that the edge cuts the air or so that it skips on water, any of the small overlapping usually metal pieces forming the outer surface of scale armor, a modified leaf protecting a seed plant bud before expansion, a graded series of tests or of performances used in rating individual intelligence or achievement, a set of graduated wage rates, scale insect, a series of tones going up or down in pitch with each tone having a fixed relationship to those above and below it, to attack with or take by means of scaling ladders, to reach the highest point of, to separate or come off in thin layers or laminae, infestation with or disease caused by scale insects, a beam that is supported freely in the center and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends, a usually black scaly coating of oxide forming on the surface of a metal (such as iron) when it is heated for processing, a means of ascent, a thin coating, layer, or incrustation, to take off in thin layers or scales, the scaly covering of a scaled animal, a series divided into classes, any of the small stiff flat plates that form an outer covering on the body of some animals and especially fishes and reptiles, to shed scales or fragmentary surface matter, to shed scales, a series of marks or points at known intervals used to measure distances (as the height of the mercury in a thermometer), scale armor, a series of spaces marked by lines and used to measure distances or to register something (as the height of the mercury in a thermometer), balance entry 1 sense 1, a thin layer or coating formed especially on metal (as iron), a proportion between two sets of dimensions (as between those of a drawing and its original), a thin, membranous, chaffy, or woody bract, measure, a divided line on a map or chart indicating the length (as an inch) used to represent a larger unit of measure (as a mile), to pattern, make, regulate, set, or estimate according to some rate or standard, to come off in scales or shed scales, the size of a picture, plan, or model of a thing compared to the size of the thing itself, ruler sense 3, a special leaf that covers a bud of a seed plant, to throw a flat object so as to sail in air or skip on water, to have a specified weight on scales, a small thin plate that resembles an animal scale, to measure by or as if by a scale, a graduated series or scheme of rank or order, something graduated especially when used as a measure or rule, to take off in scales or thin layers, to remove the scale or scales from (as by scraping), to make, regulate, or estimate by a rule, ladder, to rise in a graduated series, to arrange in a graduated series, to weigh in scales, a disease of plants caused by a scale insect, a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fish, a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale, a distinctive relative size, extent, or degree, to remove scale or the scales from, an instrument consisting of a strip (as of wood, plastic, or metal) with spaces on its surface that are evenly divided and numbered for measuring distances or amounts, to climb by or as if by a ladder, a film of tartar encrusting the teeth, a hard incrustation usually rich in sulfate of calcium that is deposited on the inside of a vessel (such as a boiler) in which water is heated, a device for weighing, either pan of a balance, a small thin flake (as of dandruff) shed from the skin, to separate and come off in scales

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skalaer

a small thin dry lamina shed (as in many skin diseases) from the skin, a graduated series of musical tones ascending or descending in order of pitch according t

saldo

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scalds => brænder, scalawags => skurke, scaffolds => stilladser, scabs => sårskorper, says => siger,