A 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.)

plural of wind scale

(music) double harmonic scale, a scale with two augmented seconds. / (music) quarter tone scale, or 24 tone equal temperament.

The original scale used on the Baumé type of densimeter to quantify the density of liquids.

To peel off

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.

plural of Gunter's 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.

(physics) A particular length or distance whose value is determined to one order of magnitude (or to very few orders of magnitude)

(US, Australia) A popular scale for model railroads; 1:87 scale