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Scale can refer to:

Astronomy

Scale (education): scale of enrollment[quy mô đào tạo]

Chemistry and physics

Electronegativity

Radiodensity

Relative density or specific gravity

Temperature

Earth science

Economics

Geography

Music

Scale models

Social science

Scales named after people

Scales with special uses are often named after the person who invented them:

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In telecommunications and software engineering, scalability is a desirable property of a system, a network, or a process, which indicates its ability to either handle growing amounts of work in a graceful manner, or to be readily enlarged.
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In telecommunications and software engineering, scalability is a desirable property of a system, a network, or a process, which indicates its ability to either handle growing amounts of work in a graceful manner, or to be readily enlarged.
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The scale of a map is the ratio of a single unit of distance on the map to the equivalent distance on the ground. The scale can be expressed in four ways: as a ratio, a fraction, in words and as a graphical (bar) scale.
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The concept of scale is applicable if a system is represented proportionally by another system. For example, for a scale model of an object, the ratio of corresponding lengths is a dimensionless scale, e.g. 1:25; this scale is larger than 1:50.
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A scale factor is a number which scales, or multiplies, some quantity. In the equation , is the scale factor for . is also the coefficient of , and may be called the constant of proportionality of to . For example, doubling distances corresponds to a scale factor of 2 for distance.
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Spatial scale provides a "shorthand" form for discussing relative lengths, areas, distances and sizes. A microclimate, for instance, is one which might occur in a mountain valley or near a lakeshore, whereas a megatrend is one which involves the whole planet.
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scale (Greek lepid, Latin squama) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animal's skin to provide protection. In lepidopteran species, scales are plates on the surface of the insect wing, and provide coloration.
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Coccoidea

Families

Aclerdidae
Asterolecaniidae
Beesoniidae
Carayonemidae
Cerococcidae
Coccidae
Conchaspididae
Dactylopiidae
Diaspididae
Electrococcidae
Eriococcidae
Grimaldiellidae
Halimococcidae
Inkaidae
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In probability theory and statistics, a scale parameter is a special kind of numerical parameter of a parametric family of probability distributions.

Definition

If a family of probability densities with parameter s is of the form


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In music, a scale is a collection of musical notes that provides material for part or all of a musical work. Scales are ordered in pitch or pitch class, with their ordering providing a measure of musical distance.
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logarithmic scale is a scale of measurement that uses the logarithm of a physical quantity instead of the quantity itself.

Presentation of data on a logarithmic scale can be helpful when the data covers a large range of values – the logarithm reduces this to a more
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An order of magnitude is the class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio to the class preceding it. The ratio most commonly used is 10.
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The level of measurement of a variable in mathematics and statistics is a classification that was proposed in order to describe the nature of information contained within numbers assigned to objects and, therefore, within the variable.
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For other meanings of duration, see Duration (disambiguation).
A duration is an amount of time or a particular time interval. For example, an event in the common sense has a duration greater than zero (but not very long), but in certain specialized senses
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An architect's scale is a specialized ruler. It is used in making or measuring from reduced scale drawings, such as blueprints and floor plans . It is marked with a range of calibrated scales (ratios).
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An engineer's scale is a tool for measuring distances and transferring measurements at a fixed ratio of length. It is commonly made of plastic and is just over 300 mm (twelve inches) long, so that the measuring ticks at the edges do not become unusable by wear.
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A weighing scale (usually just "scale" in common usage) is a device for measuring the weight of an object. These scales are often used to measure the weight of a person, and are also used in science to obtain the mass of an object, and in many industrial and commercial applications
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The Zadoks scale is a cereal development scale proposed by the Dutch phytopathologist Jan C. Zadoks that is widely used in cereal research and agriculture.

Knowing the stages of development of a crop is critical in many management decisions that growers make.
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Celsius is, or relates to, the Celsius temperature scale (previously known as the centigrade scale). The degree Celsius (symbol: °C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale
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Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German-Dutch physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724.

In this scale, the melting point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (written “32 °F”), and the boiling point is
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The kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units. The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero — the coldest possible temperature — is zero kelvins
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The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of "tropical depressions" and "tropical storms", and thereby become hurricanes.
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"F-scale" redirects here. For other uses, see F scale.
The Fujita scale (F-Scale), or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation.
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The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure for describing wind velocity based mainly on observed sea conditions. Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale.

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SAG

Screen Actors Guild
Founded 1933
Members 120,000
Country United States
Affiliation AFL-CIO
Key people Alan Rosenberg, President
Connie Stevens, Secretary-Treasurer
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A seismic scale is used to measure and compare the relative severity of earthquakes.

Two fundamentally different but equally important types of scales are commonly used by seismologists to describe earthquakes.
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Mizan (English: balance; scale, Urdu:ميزان) is a comprehensive treatise on the contents of Islam, written by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a Pakistani Islamic scholar. It is being published in Urdu by Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences.
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Writing system: Urdu alphabet (Nasta'liq script) 
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Mizan (English: balance; scale, Urdu:ميزان) is a comprehensive treatise on the contents of Islam, written by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a Pakistani Islamic scholar. It is being published in Urdu by Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences.
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Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
Birth: April 18, 1951
School/tradition: Farahi
Main interests: Islamic law and Quranic exegesis
Notable ideas: Separation of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) from Sharia (Divine law)
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