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scaling
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scaling has 3 senses
- scaling(n = noun.act) grading - the act of arranging in a graduated series; Array is a kind of order, ordering
- scaling(n = noun.act) Array - act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale; Array is a kind of measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration
- scaling(n = noun.act) Array - ascent by or as if by a ladder; Array is a kind of climb, mount
has particulars: scalage
Derived forms verb scale8, verb scale7, verb scale1
has particulars: escalade
Derived forms verb scale5, verb scale3
CIDE DICTIONARY
scaling, a.
- Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
scaling
air attack, air raid, air strike, boarding, breakup, crack-up, diffusion, disintegration, dispersal, disruption, dissolution, escalade, exfoliation, fire raid, foray, fragmentation, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, raid, razzia, revolution, saturation raid, scattering, shattering, shuttle raid
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