equal-interval scale

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• interval scale — a scale for classifying data, in which the values have intrinsic order and all intervals have an inherent and equal distance between, e.g., age or temperature scales. Called also dimensional s. Cf. ratio s …   Medical dictionary

• Equal temperament — is a musical temperament, or a system of tuning in which every pair of adjacent notes has an identical frequency ratio. In equal temperament tunings an interval mdash; usually the octave mdash; is divided into a series of equal steps (equal… …   Wikipedia

• Interval (music) — For the album by See You Next Tuesday, see Intervals (album). Melodic and harmonic intervals.   …   Wikipedia

• scale — scale1 scaleless, adj. scalelike, adj. /skayl/, n., v., scaled, scaling. n. 1. Zool. a. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. b. one of the hard, b …   Universalium

• Interval cycle — In music, an interval cycle is a collection of pitch classes created from a sequence of the same interval class.[1] In other words a collection of pitches by starting with a certain note and going up by a certain interval until the original note… …   Wikipedia

• Interval vector — In musical set theory, an interval vector (also called an interval class vector or ic vector) is an array that expresses the intervallic content of a pitch class set.In 12 equal temperament it has six digits, with each digit standing for the… …   Wikipedia

• equal appearing intervals — This is often referred to, after its principal author L. L. Thurstone, as the Thurstone technique of attitude measurement. On the assumption that any attitude involves a continuum ranging from the strongest possible appreciation of a value at one …   Dictionary of sociology

• scale — 1. A standardized test for measuring psychological, personality, or behavioral characteristics. SEE ALSO: score, test. 2. SYN: squama. 3. A small thin plate of horny epithelium, resembling a fish s., cast off from the skin …   Medical dictionary

• equal temperament — Music. the division of an octave into 12 equal semitones, as in the tuning of a piano. * * * ▪ music       in music, a tuning system in which the octave is divided into 12 semitones of equal size. Because it enables keyboard instruments (keyboard …   Universalium

• Likert scale — A Likert scale (pronunciation in the field of Psychology varies between lick urt and lie kurt , although the man for whom the scale is named used the former [ [http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/StatHelp/Likert.htm I have always restricted the use …   Wikipedia

• Fahrenheit temperature scale —       scale based on 32° for the freezing point of water and 212° for the boiling point of water, the interval between the two being divided into 180 equal parts. The 18th century German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (Fahrenheit, Daniel… …   Universalium