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11scale insect — any of numerous small, plant sucking homopterous insects of the superfamily Coccoidea, the males of which are winged and the females wingless, often covered by a waxy secretion resembling scales. [1830 40] * * * Any member of several families of… …
12scale leaf — noun a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin • Syn: ↑scale • Hypernyms: ↑leaf, ↑leafage, ↑foliage • Hyponyms: ↑squamule * * * noun …
13scale-down — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: scale (VI) + down : a reduction according to a fixed ratio a scale down of debts II. adjective : characterized by a reduction according to a fixed r …
14scale — 1) a small, stiff, typically plate like body in the skin of fishes, serving to protect, colour, and support the body. May be modified into spines, tubercles, bony plates, an exoskeleton, reduced or even lost. Phylogenetically absent in Amphioxi… …
15scale something down — REDUCE, cut down, cut back, cut, decrease, lessen, lower, trim, slim down, prune. → scale * * * scale something down (or scale down) reduce something (or be reduced) in size, number or extent, esp. by a constant proportion across the board… …
16Scale error — In developmental psychology, a scale error is a serious attempt made by a child to perform a task that is patently impossible because of the extreme differences in the size of the objects involved. An example of this would be a child attempting… …
17Reduced iron — Iron I ron ([imac] [u^]rn), n. [OE. iren, AS. [=i]ren, [=i]sen, [=i]sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. [=i]sarn, OHG. [=i]sarn, [=i]san, G. eisen, Icel. [=i]sarn, j[=a]rn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn, Armor. houarn.]… …
18scale deviation — In drawing maps and charts, the scale throughout the map or chart is not uniform. When the scale factor (i.e., chart length/reduced earth’s length) is greater than one, a scale deviation is said to exist. The term has similar meaning in aerial… …
19scale-down agreement — An agreement by the creditors of a single debtor under which they undertake to accept reduced sums in full satisfaction of their claims. Anno: 147 ALR 744 …
20Proportional scale — Proportional Pro*por tion*al, a. [L. proportionalis: cf. F. proportionnel.] 1. Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
