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31Fixed Survey Meter — The Fixed Survey Meter was a specialist detection instrument used by the Royal Observer Corps during the Cold War between 1958 and 1982 to detect ionising radiation from nuclear fallout generated by a ground burst. [… …
32Scale micrometer — Micrometer Mi*crom e*ter, n. [Micro + meter: cf. F. microm[ e]tre.] An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given… …
33scale-down — noun Date: 1931 a reduction according to a fixed ratio < a scale down of debts > …
34scale-up — noun Date: 1945 an increase according to a fixed ratio …
35Vernier scale — A vernier scale is an additional scale which allows a distance or angle measurement to be read more precisely than directly reading a uniformly divided straight or circular measurement scale. It is a sliding secondary scale that is used to… …
36in scale — phrasal : in conformity to its due proportion in a fixed scale a building that is in scale with its surroundings * * * (of a drawing or model) in proportion to the surroundings …
37out of scale — phrasal : not in conformity to its due proportion in a fixed scale …
38To scale a debt wages etc — Scale Scale, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scaling}.] To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system. [1913 Webster] Scaling his present bearing with his past. Shak.… …
39To scale down a debt wages etc — Scale Scale, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scaling}.] To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system. [1913 Webster] Scaling his present bearing with his past. Shak.… …
40Economy of scale — Economies of scale are the cost advantages that a firm obtains due to expansion. Economies of scale may be utilized by any size firm expanding its scale of operation. The common ones are purchasing (bulk buying of materials through long term… …
