graduated scale
21Graduated — Graduate Grad u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graduated}p. pr. & vb. n. {Graduating}.] [Cf. F. graduer. See {Graduate}, n., {Grade}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a… …
22scale rule — noun Etymology: scale (VII) : a graduated stick having the number of board feet in logs of given diameters and lengths marked upon it and used in scaling logs or timber compare log rule, log scale …
23graduated cylinder — noun Date: 1948 a tall narrow container with a volume scale used especially for measuring liquids …
24graduated cylinder — noun An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a tall, narrow cylinder with a scale, or graduations marked up its length, which is used to measure liquids and solutions fairly accurately, but not precisely …
25graduated — (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Granted a degree] Syn. certified, ordained, accredited, passed, invested, promoted. 2. [Arranged or marked according to a scale] Syn. serialized, graded, tapered, sequential, measured, progressive, registered …
26scale — skeɪl n. progression of steps; table of graduated rates; system of marks used for measuring; flake; one of many thin plates forming a protective covering; weighing device; limescale v. climb; ascend; weigh; do according to a particular ratio;… …
27Weighing scale — Emperor Jahangir (reign 1605 1627) weighing his son Shah Jahan on a weighing scale by artist Manohar (AD 1615, Mughal dynasty, India). A weighing scale (usually just scales in UK and Australian English, weighing machine in south Asian English or… …
28Vernier Scale — In 1631 French mathematician Pierre Vernier (1580 1637) published a mathematical treatise showing that a small, movable auxiliary scale could be attached to a larger, graduated scale to obtain finer adjustments. From that beginning developed… …
29Brix scale — noun a system for measuring the concentration of sugar solutions • Hypernyms: ↑system of measurement, ↑metric * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after Adolf F. Brix died 1870, German scientist, its inventor : a hydrometer scale… …
30vernier scale — short graduated scale that slides along a larger scale and is used to measure tiny distances falling between the divisions of the larger scale (invented by the French mathematician Pierre Vernier) …
