adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of an object: for which characteristic elements of scale, such as length and width, are few in number and each with a clearly distinct size. not-comparable

Antonyms

All antonyms

scaling

Etymology

From scale + bound, coined by the mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot in a 1981 paper.

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