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  • 1scales — (AmE usually scale) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ weighing (esp. BrE) ▪ bathroom, kitchen … OF SCALES ▪ pair (esp. BrE), set (BrE) …

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  • 2scales — n. pl. [OF. escale, husk] 1. A small, more or less flattened, plate like exterior covering. 2. (ARTHROPODA) a. In Chelicerata, flattened, modified setae of Arachnida. b. In Crustacea, small calcareous plate on the peduncle of lepadomorph… …

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  • 3jockey scales — /ˈdʒɒki skeɪlz/ (say jokee skaylz) plural noun a large set of scales, similar to the scales on which jockeys are weighed …

  • 4Rail transport modelling scales — Further information: Rail transport modelling scale standards One of the smallest (Z scale, 1:220) placed on the buffer bar of one of the largest (Live steam, 1:8) model locomotives. Rail transport modelling utilises a variety of scales (ratio… …

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  • 5Model railway scales — This page lists the most important model railway scale standards in the world. Most standards are regional, but some have followers in other parts of the world outside their native region, most notably NEM and NMRA. It should be noted that while… …

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  • 6Gravity set — The Mitchell Green gravity set (MGGS) is a fractal set that was created by Fred Mitchell and Chris Green in 1992.The gravity set is a set of points in the plane. Like the Mandelbrot set, the gravity set is defined as follows: a certain mapping f… …

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  • 7Long and short scales — The long and short scales are two of several different large number naming systems used throughout the world for integer powers of ten. Many countries, including most in continental Europe, use the long scale whereas most English speaking… …

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  • 8Patrick Scales — (* 24. März 1965 in Garmisch Partenkirchen) ist ein britisch deutscher Jazz Bassist und Dozent. Patrick Scales Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben und Wirken …

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  • 9Famine scales — are the ways in which degrees of food security are measured, from situations in which an entire population has adequate food to full scale famine. The word famine has highly emotive and political connotations and there has been extensive… …

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  • 10Mandelbrot set — Initial image of a Mandelbrot set zoom sequence with a continuously coloured environment …

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