Scaling
/ˈskeɪlɪŋ/
verb
- To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
"We should scale that up by a factor of 10."
- To climb to the top of.
"Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest."
- To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
"That architecture won't scale to real-world environments."
- To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
verb
- To remove the scales of.
"Please scale that fish for dinner."
- To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
"The dry weather is making my skin scale."
- To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
"to scale the inside of a boiler"
- To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
- To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
"Some sandstone scales by exposure."
noun
- The removing of the scales of fish.
- The formation of a layer of scale on a surface.
- The removal of a layer of scale from a surface.
- The measurement of dimensions using a scale.
- The process of adjusting raw measurement data to fit an expected distribution, such fitting examination results to a normal distribution.
SYNONYMS
Total: 10 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
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About the Word "Scaling"
Scaling is a 7-letter word that scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "scaling" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Scaling" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "scaling" is a medium-scoring word.