Phrase Hound found 187 phrases and 133 compound words that contain scale. The most common are listed below. Open scale in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 187
- large-scaleLarge in amount, scope or extent.
- time scaleA series of events used as a rough measure of duration.
- full-scaleOf the same size, scale, or proportions as an original object.
- economies of scaleThe characteristics of a production process in which an increase in the scale of the firm causes a decrease in the long run average cost of each unit.
- scale modelA three-dimensional copy or representation of something in which all parts have dimensions in the same proportion to that of the original (i.e., all aspect ratios are preserved).
- small-scaleConcerning a lower order of magnitude rather than a higher one.
- scale upUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scale, up.
- sliding scaleA pricing scheme for a product or service where a price range is set and the customer is charged based on where their financial resources fall within the range.
- off the scaleFar in excess of what is normal or measurable.
- major scaleOne of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.
- musical scaleA set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch.
- turn the scaleTo decide or determine a balanced situation.
- returns to scalea function describing how returns scale when production increases in the long run
- economy of scalesingular of economies of scale
- Beaufort scaleAn empirical measure for the intensity of the wind based mainly on the state of the sea or wave conditions.
- Richter scaleA logarithmic scale used to express the energy released by an earthquake, each increase of 1 representing a 31-fold increase in energy, and a 10-fold increase in the measured wave amplitude.
- minor scaleAny diatonic scale whose first, third, and fifth scale degrees form a minor triad.
- long scaleA system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is 1,000,000 times the previous term (e.g. a billion is a million million).
- short scaleA system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is 1,000 times the previous term. (i.e., a billion is a thousand million.)
- pay scaleAlternative spelling of payscale: A system of pay grades.
- larger-scalecomparative form of large-scale: more large-scale
- scale modelsplural of scale model: A three-dimensional copy or representation of something in which all parts have dimensions in the same proportion to that of the original (i.e., all aspect ratios are preserved).
- very-large-scaleOf a system, containing hundreds of thousands of transistors on a single integrated circuit.
- Scale factor
- F-scaleA personality test designed to measure authoritarianism and potential inclination to fascism.
Compound words 133
- scalabilityThe property of being scalable.
- upscaleExpensive and designed to appeal to affluent consumers.
- grayscaleA printed strip of graduated tones used to check exposure and development times.
- payscaleA system of pay grades.
- limescaleA white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.
- greyscaleAlternative spelling of grayscale: A printed strip of graduated tones used to check exposure and development times.
- macroscaleA relatively large scale
- widescaleLarge enough to affect or involve all or most of the relevant area.
- scalieA strikebreaker.
- superscalevery large-scale