SCALING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scaling mean? 

• SCALING (noun)
  The noun SCALING has 3 senses:

1. the act of arranging in a graduated series

2. act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale

3. ascent by or as if by a ladder

  Familiarity information: SCALING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCALING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of arranging in a graduated series

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grading; scaling

Hypernyms ("scaling" is a kind of...):

order; ordering (the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("scaling" is a kind of...):

measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scaling"):

scalage (the act of scaling in weight or quantity or dimension)

Derivation:

scale (size or measure according to a scale)

scale (measure with or as if with scales)

scale (measure by or as if by a scale)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Ascent by or as if by a ladder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("scaling" is a kind of...):

climb; mount (the act of climbing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scaling"):

escalade (an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification))

Derivation:

scale (climb up by means of a ladder)

scale (take by attacking with scaling ladders)

 Context examples 

It is typically manifested by erythema, mild edema, and scaling at the affected site.

(Irritant Contact Dermatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

This membrane sheds in about two weeks after birth to reveal generalized scaling and skin erythema.

(Lamellar Ichthyosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Who could arrest a creature capable of scaling the overhanging sides of Mont Salêve?

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

It is characterized by itching, inflammation, redness of the skin, small papular vesicles, central clearing, fissures, scaling, and/or hair loss in the affected area.

(Dermatophytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is an autosomal dominant inherited or acquired disorder characterized by scaling and desquamation of the skin.

(Ichthyosis Vulgaris, NCI Thesaurus)

Scaling laws, like that discovered by the scientists, are known to accurately predict species numbers for plant and animal communities.

(Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species, NSF)

The NMDA receptors did this by amplifying the cells’ responses to the bars in a process called multiplicative scaling.

(Eye cells may use math to detect motion, NIH)

Treatment for the prevention of periodontal diseases or other dental diseases by the cleaning of the teeth in the dental office using the procedures of dental scaling and dental polishing.

(Dental Prophylaxis, NCI Thesaurus)

NOTE(S): This is used for more complex dosages such as scaling and tapering doses, uncertain dosage ranges, differing morning and evening doses and other instructions that can't be expressed with a simple PQ.

(Performed Substance Administration Dose Description, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

EXAMPLE(S): 200-400; NOTE(S): This is used for more complex dosages such as scaling and tapering doses, uncertain dosage ranges, differing morning and evening doses and other instructions that can't be expressed with a simple PQ.

(Performed Substance Administration Active Ingredient Dose Description, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)