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51Spring scale — A spring scale is a weighing scale used to measure force, such as the force of gravity, exerted on a mass or the force of a person s grip or the force exerted by a towing vehicle. This force is commonly measured in newtons, for which one newton… …
52T scale — Not to be confused with TT scale (1:120).Infobox Model Rail Scale name = T Scale image caption = scale = 0.002 in. ratio = 1:450 gauge = 3 mm prototype gauge = Standard gauge|T scale (1:450), a.k.a. T Gauge, is a model railroad scale with a… …
53International Scale of River Difficulty — Class III rapid at Canolfan Tryweryn, Wales. The International Scale of River Difficulty is a standardized scale used to rate the safety of a stretch of river, or a single (sometimes whitewater) rapid. The grade reflects the technical difficulty… …
54Economies of scale — The decrease in the marginal cost of production as a plant s scale of operations increases. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * economies of scale economies of scale ➔ scale * * * The theory that it is cheaper and more efficient to… …
55economies of scale — Achievement of lower average cost per unit through increased production. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary The decrease in the marginal cost of production as a firm s extent of operations expands. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * economies of… …
56Engineer's scale — 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 twelve inches (300 mm) long, so that the measuring ticks at the edges do not become… …
57Minimum efficient scale — (MES) or efficient scale of production is a term used in industrial organization to denote the smallest output that a plant (or firm) can produce such that its long run average costs are minimized. Contents 1 Computing 2 Relationship to average… …
58chromatic scale — noun a 12 note scale including all the semitones of the octave • Hypernyms: ↑scale, ↑musical scale * * * noun : any musical sequence of half steps : all the notes, in series, possible to a keyboard or wind instrument with fixed tempered intervals …
59Rømer scale — Rømer is a disused temperature scale named after the Danish astronomer Ole Christensen Rømer, who proposed it in 1701. In this scale, the zero was initially set using freezing brine. The boiling point of water was defined as 60 degrees. Rømer… …
60Full scale — In electronics and signal processing, full scale or full code represents the maximum amplitude a system can present. Electronics and signal processing In digital systems, a signal is said to be at digital full scale when it has reached the… …
