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Scaling

//ˈskeɪlɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who scales or climbs. countable, uncountable

    "The daring adventures of the American people in their scalings of the Alps and the Rocky mountains and in their swimmings across the Niagara rapids […]"

  2. 2
    ascent by or as if by a ladder wordnet
  3. 3
    The removing of the scales of fish. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale wordnet
  5. 5
    The formation of a layer of scale on a surface. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the act of arranging in a graduated series wordnet
  2. 7
    The removal of a layer of scale from a surface. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    The measurement of dimensions using a scale. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    The process of adjusting raw measurement data to fit an expected distribution, such fitting examination results to a normal distribution. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    The expression of the terms of an equation using powers of nondimensional quantities. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    The process of adjusting sights to a ship's guns. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scale form-of, gerund, participle, present

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