(music) a number given to each note of a scale

(business, labor relations) A system of remuneration for workers which specifies levels of payment based on set criteria, such as the skill levels of the various jobs or the number of years of experience possessed by workers.

(metrology) A temperature scale whose zero corresponds to absolute zero such as the Kelvin scale or Rankine scale.

A wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which is marked scales of equal parts, of chords, sines, tangents, rhombs, etc., and on the other side scales of logarithms of these various parts, by means of which many problems in navigation and surveying may be solved mechanically, using only divides.

(geology, US) A particle classification system, classifying based on diameter.

A 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. / A slide rule.

plural of scaling ladder

Of a virtual reality system: designed to allow users to walk around freely in a designated area, with their real-life motion reflected in the simulated environment.

(music) A distinctive six-tone scale used in Istrian and Kvarnerian folk music.

A scale for laying down small fractions of the unit of measurement, the parallel lines drawn lengthwise on its surface being divided into sections by lines drawn crosswise, and in one end section being intersected by a series of other parallel lines drawn obliquely at equal distances across them.