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I [skeil] noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) graduation2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) échelle3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) gamme4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) échelle5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) échelleII [skeil] verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) escaladerIII [skeil] noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) écaille- scaly
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