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Scale can refer to:

Zoology: Scale insect, plant parasites which resemble animal scales

Musical scale

Logarithmic scale, mathematics

Order of magnitude

Stanley Stevens' Scales of measurement (1946): nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio

Duration scale

Architect's scale — (or draughtsman's scale) is a ruler-like device, which facilitates the production of technical drawings.

Engineer's scale

Weighing scale — used for measurement of weight (mass or force)

Zadok scale cereal development

Atmospheric sciences: Celsius scale, Fahrenheit scale, Kelvin scale, Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, Fujita scale (tornadoes), Beaufort scale (wind)

A temperature scale, see

Screen Actors Guild wage standards

A seismic scale or one of many named scales listed therein.

Scale or Balance (In Urdu:Mizan or ميزان) is a comprehensive treatise on the contents of Islam written by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar.

    Scale
        Astronomy
        Chemistry and physics
        Economics
        Music
        Scale models
        Social science
        Scales named after people
        Miscellaneous
        See also

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Astronomy

Scale factor (Universe)

Large-scale structure of the cosmos

Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale

Torino Scale

Solar flare energy intensity

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Chemistry and physics

Kelvin scale measures Thermodynamic temperature

Mulliken scale electronegativity

Hounsfield scale (radiodensity)

Allred-Rochow scale, Mulliken scale, Pauling scale

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Economics

Scale (economics)

Resource-Based Relative Value Scale, returns to scale

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Music

Scale (music)

Bohlen-Pierce scale, chromatic scale, Deutsch's scale illusion, diminished scale, mathematics of musical scales, minor scale

Scale (string instruments)

''Scale'', an album by electronic artist Matthew Herbert

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Scale models

Scale model

2 mm scale, HO scale, O scale

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Social science

Scale (social sciences)

Clinical Global Impression scale and the Clinical Global Impression Improvement scale

Kinsey scale, sexual orientation (Klein scale is more detailed but not yet as well known)

Likert scale, questionnaire format

Phrase completion scales, questionnaire format

Social stratification, socioeconomic class

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

The Richter magnitude scale is a mathematical device to compare the size of earthquakes.

The Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik scale and the Mercalli scale are used to measure the intensity of earthquakes.

The Beaufort scale is used to measure wind force.

The Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin scales (among ) measure temperature.

The Goldberg scale measures mania and depression.

The Liebowitz social anxiety scale measures the severity of social anxiety disorder.

The Scoville Scale measures the hotness of peppers.

The Glasgow Coma Scale measures the severity of comas.

The Fujita scale estimates the intensity of tornadoes.

The Torino Scale and the Palermo scale measure the impact hazard level of near-Earth objects such as asteroids.

Geosciences: Mohs scale of mineral hardness

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Miscellaneous

Chain of being

Hierarchy

Time scales: Historical periods, Geologic periods

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