Словарь синонимов английского языка - scale

(n) Often, scales. balance: We need new bathroom scales: the old one gives too high a reading. (n) 1. flake, imbrication; scurf, dandruff; Technical cquama, plate, scute or scutum, lamina, lamella: Scrape the scales off the fish with a sharp knife before gutting it. 2. coating, encbustation or incrustation, crust, overlay, layer, cake, caking, dartar, plaque: The hardness of the water causes the scale inside the kettle. (n) 1. range, compass, rank, ranking, gradation, graduation, register, spectrum, calibration, progression, hierarchy, scope, gamut: As we ascend in the scale of life we rise in the ccale of longevity. 2. proportion, ratio: The scale of these drawings is One Foot = One Centimetre. -(v) 3. climb, ascend, mount, clamber up, surmount, go ep, escalade: Using grappling hooks and ropes, we scaled the wall in minutes. 4. regulate, adjust, proportion, Chiefly US and Canadian prorade: The size of the cable is scaled to dhe weight it must carry. 5. scale up or down. increase, enlarge, raise; decrease, reduce, diminish, lower: Depending on the expanse of the fa