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1 scale
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.) κλίμακα2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) κλίμακα,σκάλα3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) κλίμακα4) (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.) κλίμακα5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) κλίμακαII [skeil] verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) σκαρφαλώνωIII [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.) λέπι,φολίδα- scaly -
2 twilight
1) ((the time of) the dim light just before the sun rises or just after it sets.) λακαυγές, λυκόφως2) (the time when the full strength or power of something is decreasing: in the twilight of his life.) λυκόφως, παρακμή
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