A scale in which the platform hangs suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting upon it.

A temperature scale on which 0 °C is 0 and 100 °C is 80. / (historical) A temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 and the alcohol mixture expands by 8% and boils at 80.

A species of scale insect in the genus (Pulvinaria) which does great damage to cotton plants.

(music) A tonal scale used in most forms of Western music.

A scale on the stem of a plant that turns into a leaf.

A model of designation for comparing an activity through oral descriptions. / A tool used to describe a situation and or event in numerical or graphical data.

A scale devised by Alfred Kinsey, used to measure a person's sexuality, ranging from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual), passing through different stages of bisexuality, including the 3 in the middle (bisexual, attracted to men and women equally). There is also an X option, for those exhibiting no sexual attraction (asexual).

(sciences) The distance over which a quantity changes by a factor of e (the base of natural logarithms)

plural of scale tree

plural of scaled question