'Scaling' definitions:
Definition of 'scaling'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of arranging in a graduated series [syn: scaling, grading]
noun
Act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale
noun
Ascent by or as if by a ladder
Definition of 'Scaling'
From: GCIDE
- Scale \Scale\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaling.] To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system. [1913 Webster]
- Scaling his present bearing with his past. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To scale a debt, wages, etc. or {To scale down a debt, wages, etc.}, to reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed ratio or scale. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scaling'
From: GCIDE
- Scaling \Scal"ing\ (sk[=a]l"[i^]ng), a.
- 1. Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scaling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air attack,
- air raid,
- air strike,
- boarding,
- breakup,
- crack-up,
- diffusion,
- disintegration,
- dispersal,
- disruption,
- dissolution,
- escalade,
- exfoliation,
- fire raid,
- foray,
- fragmentation,
- incursion,
- inroad,
- invasion,
- irruption,
- raid,
- razzia,
- revolution,
- saturation raid,
- scattering,
- shattering,
- shuttle raid
Words containing 'Scaling'
- Scale,
- Scaled,
- scale down,
- scale up,
- Barnacle scale,
- Beaufort's scale,
- Beck's scale,
- Binary scale,
- Chromatic scale,
- Cotton scale,
- Covering scale,
- Cycloid scale,
- Diagonal scale,
- Diatonic scale,
- Diminished scale,
- Diminishing scale,
- Ganoid scale,
- Great scale,
- Gunter's scale,
- Iron scale,
- Major scale,
- Minor scale,
- Natural scale,
- Plane scale,
- Platform scale,
- Podura scale,
- Proportional scale,
- Railway scale,
- Red scale,
- Scale armor,
- Scale beetle,
- Scale carp,
- Scale insect,
- Scale micrometer,
- Scale moss,
- Scale of chords,
- Scaled dove,
- Scales Mound,
- Sexagenary scale,
- Sexagesimal scale,
- Sliding scale,
- Suspension scale,
- Tangent scale,
- To turn the scale,
- Torsion scale,
- Track scale,
- White scale,
- absolute scale,
- armored scale,
- beam scale,
- beaufort scale,
- brix scale,
- celsius scale,
- centigrade scale,
- economy of scale,
- fahrenheit scale,
- fish scale,
- full scale,
- gapped scale,
- international scale,
- kelvin scale,
- large scale,
- lever scale,
- libra the scales,
- logarithmic scale,
- mercalli scale,
- mohs scale,
- musical scale,
- paraffin scale,
- pentatonic scale,
- ph scale,
- rankine scale,
- reaumur scale,
- richter scale,
- scale factor,
- scale fern,
- scale leaf,
- scale of measurement,
- scale value,
- scale wax,
- scaling ladder,
- soft scale,
- spring scale,
- temperature scale,
- time scale,
- vernier scale,
- wage scale,
- wind scale,
- Scale-winged,
- Scales Mound, IL,
- brown soft scale,
- c major scale,
- extended time scale,
- fast time scale,
- full-scale,
- large-scale,
- major diatonic scale,
- minor diatonic scale,
- moment magnitude scale,
- san jose scale,
- scale of c major,
- scales compasses dividers,
- silver-scaled,
- slow time scale,
- small-scale,
- San Jos'e scale,
- To scale a debt wages etc,
- To scale down a debt wages etc,
- binet-simon scale,
- time-scale factor