Scaling

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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           Scaling his present bearing with his past. --Shak.
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     {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.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder,
        used in assaulting a fortified place.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scaling
       n 1: the act of arranging in a graduated series [syn: {grading}]
       2: act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a
          scale
       3: ascent by or as if by a ladder

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "scaling":
     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