I. noun
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a scale drawing (= showing the correct relative sizes of things )
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The architect made a scale drawing of the new room.
an earthquake measures 5/6.4 etc on the Richter Scale
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The earthquake, which measured 7.6 on the Richter scale, left more than 20,000 homeless.
at the opposite end of the scale/spectrum
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two parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum
diatonic scale
huge scale
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the huge scale of the problem
lavish scale
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a royal palace on a lavish scale
measuring...on the Richter scale
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a severe earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale
on an unprecedented scale
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Crime has increased on an unprecedented scale.
Richter scale
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a severe earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale
sliding scale
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Fees are calculated on a sliding scale.
the salary scale/structure (= the list of increasing salaries that someone in a job can earn )
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He is almost at the top of his salary scale.
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■ ADJECTIVE
different
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The different scales of manufacture can give products which behave differently on stability tests.
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Different states and different scales create vastly different effects across the ecological spectrum.
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It may be the case that adjacent maps use different projections or scales .
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These factors clearly operate at different scales .
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Originally, a long, long time ago, they used a completely different melodic scale to ours.
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By setting them to different scales harmonic progressions which would be unplayable on a single harp are made possible.
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The movies had broken through to a vast new public and everything was on a different scale .
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Political interventions can also work according to different time scales .
full
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The arena was almost full and it had all the makings of a full scale rumble.
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A full scale riot was building.
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The full scale of destruction remains unclear.
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But I wasn't into heroin on a full scale for a few years after that.
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The Dukes halted the full scale destruction of the Forest, although only fragments remain today.
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It is the first-ever full scale play to be presented in the 140 year history of St George's Hall.
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Gold was found there and a full scale conservation row broke out as mining exploration started.
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A full scale sample, to be representative, may mean carrying out many interviews over a geographically dispersed area.
global
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Applied on the present global scale , it is downright dangerous.
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The new model is global in scale , an interdependent network.
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The global rating scale was used as described by Jaeschke.
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Expectations regarding the outcome of treatment were also measured. Global rating scales were used to determine outcome expectations.
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They are doomed by exploitative capital operating on a global scale .
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We are entering an era of distance and diversity on a global scale .
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Chemically based methods of attending to disease and their toxic effects will soon be replaced by electro-magnetic therapy on a global scale .
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Major companies must operate on a global scale . 2.
grand
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This is woodworking on a grand scale .
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Beyond this potential for human suffering, the global ignorance of longitude wreaked economic havoc on the grandest scale .
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What is more, there is duplication of activity on a grand scale .
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Not everything is on such a grand scale .
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This is a portrayal of malevolence on a grand scale .
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So that was it-an extended press conference on the grand scale !
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They were good natured and got things done without a fuss, usually on a grand scale .
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In this part of the book we shall consider mysteries on the grand scale - and also on the inconceivably tiny.
huge
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I think the huge scale massacre of pheasants is revolting.
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Other artists have created even more literal images, on a huge scale .
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As recent work indicated. it too was redeveloped within its older Roman walls on a huge scale in late Saxon times.
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Theirs are played out on a huge scale .
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Natural or inevitable monopolies such as electricity generation enjoy huge economies of scale .
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Hirst admits that there is much difficulty ahead: ... our ignorance on a huge scale re-asserts itself.
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Former heathland too was broken up into fields on a huge scale , as Professor Hoskins rightly stresses.
international
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Trade, output, and employment suffered as a consequence on an international scale .
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In their interplay, the two developments tended to reinforce each other on an international scale .
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The point that capitalist planning is increasingly conducted on an international scale poses problems for the socialist project.
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It is instructive at this point to return to the issue of national versus international economies of scale .
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These often worked on an international scale , and the results showed in their products.
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They can only be overcome by action on an international scale , rather than by castigating one or two countries.
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On an international scale Louth sits right on the line dividing the Eastern hemisphere from the Western.
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Some sites are so important that it may be necessary for a rescue operation on an international scale .
large
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They are labour intensive, however, and complex to perform on a large scale , for example, in clinical regimens.
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But what works on a small scale can be a disaster on a large scale.
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This fish has a long, flattened body covered in large , iridescent scales that reflect the light beautifully.
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AID-funded program that provides scholarships to girls in the Sharasti Upazila area has demonstrated the same point on a vastly larger scale .
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In some cultural sectors these economic interests are measured on a very large scale .
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We exploited the economics of small scale and laid to rest the diseconomies of large scale.
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Gifts in kind on a larger scale by local shops or firms also exist on a large scale.
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But we have just seen that under current assumptions larger scale and diversity are associated with larger industry gross output.
massive
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To give body to the reforms new building was needed on a massive scale .
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It was the first time women used e-mail on such a massive scale to network and to influence the foreign policy community.
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There was also evidence of vote-buying on a massive scale .
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The assumption here seems to be that responsiveness is higher when government does not become too massive in scale . 2.
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We pollute our globe on an increasingly massive scale because something has died in us.
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But the Oregon story also illustrates some of the difficulties that will accompany legislative changes on such a massive scale .
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These were fakes on a massive scale .
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And who are these guys to second-guess the Founding Fathers on such a massive scale ?
national
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If that was done on a national scale we would wipe out this disease.
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There is no registry for providing data on a national scale .
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The aim is to provide a comprehensive range of services and expertise on a national scale to the business community in particular.
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No program in existence on a national or statewide scale has ever dared to speak in terms like these.
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Note that there is no longer a fixed national scale figure.
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To attempt to forecast the effects of changing regulations on a national scale is very difficult.
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Similar variations are evident on a national scale .
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The drama of social life, even on a national scale , in some sense is a social laboratory.
sheer
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It was not until daylight broke that the sheer scale of the devastation could be seen.
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Anyone wishing to tackle crime rates must pay enormous attention to youth crime because of its sheer scale .
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Its sheer scale means that it is important at this stage not to be distracted by companies making misleading ethical claims.
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The sheer scale of the service sector has made it the focus for attack by the proponents of the de-industrialisation thesis.
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Sometimes the sheer scale of the horror may demand action.
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A bigger one is sheer scale .
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This, and the sheer scale of the parks, is what strikes the first-time visitor.
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But the sheer scale of corruption could well bring them on to the streets again.
sliding
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The rest of the kitty will be divided among the other 21 clubs on a sliding scale in units of £35,000.
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The fee is on a sliding scale according to value, and nobody who appraises for us is paid for it.
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So it was that the trade emulated this sliding scale system for the populace at large.
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There was a sliding scale in between.
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Fees will be on a sliding scale , and there will be a creche available.
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The cancellation fee is usually expressed as a percentage of the contract price, and varies on a sliding scale .
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The blow would be softened slightly for those affected by substantial compensation on a pro-rata and sliding scale basis.
small
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Teacher education is a smaller scale enterprise than it was at the time of the events I have recorded.
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We exploited the economics of small scale and laid to rest the diseconomies of large scale.
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As mentioned previously, in its unusual level of incomers west Thurso resembles a new town, albeit on a smaller scale .
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Making deals happen, at least on a smaller scale , is what Gosman has been doing since September 1994.
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But the size of the buildings suggests that uranium enrichment at Dimona is carried out on a relatively small scale .
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Chain had overcome the problems which had defeated every previous experimenter with penicillin, but only on a small scale .
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There is one small pointed tentacle scale on each pore.
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The method of attribution by provenance works best with coinages of a small scale or a low value, such as bronze coinage.
social
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Many after all had served in households not much better than their own, for servant-keeping reached well down the social scale .
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Teaching did provide an opportunity for young people to move up the social scale .
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Even the way he looked at them was enough to assure her that they were way down on the social scale .
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Luckily for us scramblers, there is a group even further down the mountain social scale .
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It is now necessary to consider how far down the social scale these party tensions permeated.
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He had no grave goods and that marked him pretty low both on the social scale and with the archaeologists.
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Discontent lower down the social scale was no less intense.
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Right across the social scale , religion made little perceptible difference to the outward shape of life.
unprecedented
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In order to ingratiate himself with the populace, he rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem on a hitherto unprecedented scale .
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And I knew it was a diversity facing pressures of unprecedented scale .
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Planning such experiences will involve library instructional coordination on an unprecedented scale .
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Why has the Supreme Court set itself against the will of the majority on such an unprecedented scale ?
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Boldly going where no man has gone before has brought Brittain success on an unprecedented scale .
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Yes, we are predators; we are consumers on an unprecedented scale in history.
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The truth is that the great economic boom provided employment - at home and for emigrants abroad-on a quite unprecedented scale .
■ NOUN
economy
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In the absence of scale economy benefits, horizontal mergers are likely to be socially undesirable.
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The characteristics of electronics production and marketing seem to demand companies which can combine scale economies with quick-footed innovation.
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Perfect contestability, remember, assumes that any scale economies arise through fixed rather than sunk costs.
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Suppose upstream scale economies are extensive.
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But Weitzman claims that scale economies can not arise purely through fixed costs; that these costs must be sunk.
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The argument that fixed costs are incompatible with scale economies is as follows.
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But the relative strength of scale economies and political protectionism varies greatly between different communications fields.
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One reason is that there may be efficiency gains from merger, e.g. due to scale economies .
model
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This was approximately one fifth full size, but was a working mock-up rather than a true scale model .
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And yet, that lifetime was a kind of scale model for what followed.
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Seven of their 1:20 scale models have been chosen for exhibition and two have been combined to provide the full-scale installation.
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A section on the skyscraper with amazing scale models shows the growth and diversity in this monumental building style.
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A method of reconstruction which incorporates some of the advantages of both physical reconstruction and reconstruction drawings is the scale model .
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The show features original architectural drawings, photos, scale models and videos.
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It is a one-fifth scale model of Endeavour, built using traditional methods, but also allowing for modern safety requirements.
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A fab yellow scale model of a woman playing a guitar!
pay
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Recite my entire career history complete with qualifications, pay scale , dates of promotions and dossier of official merit-ratings and reprimands?
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Especially at its lower end of the pay scale , the job world does not reward people adequately.
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Similarly, we might consider whether educational qualifications or length of service are not also components of pay scales in Western companies.
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Others are bumping up pay scales to stop staff being poached and to attract crews.
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Structures have been used to implement pay scales rather than principles of organisational design.
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One approach to tackling this issue would be to encourage firms to promulgate, promote and publish pay scales and pay decisions.
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They are also paying top officials 10% over the normal pay scales .
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Aurigny's pay scales have traditionally been below the industry average.
time
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Why was it so important to get Steiner back and in the time scale indicated?
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Geologists have to time Earth processes that lie in a great range of time periods, or time scales .
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Systems should by now have been analysed to ensure that the correct information is provided, and within the time scales allowed.
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On a geologic time scale of millions to hundreds of millions of years, Earth is far less stable.
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Before very long on a planetary time scale the surface temperatures would reach Cytherean values.
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Furthermore, ocean-floor rocks are recycled on time scales of tens of millions of years.
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However, this does not persist over a long time scale and is often not to be observed at all.
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Equally important in the value of time scales is the help they give us in figuring out how something happened.
world
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Finally, it ushered in a period of an increasing interlocking of economies on a world scale dominated by a capitalist centre.
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One of the clearest indications of the trend of modern capitalism has been the erosion of bourgeois democracy on a world scale .
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Neoliberalism has been disgraced on a world scale and the haute bourgeoisie has lost some of its confidence.
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In a chain reaction on a world scale , prices on innumerable commodities skyrocketed within weeks.
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Do you have sufficient enterprises which are competitive on a world scale to boost your exports in this way?
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The organization it seeks to build is a definite means to a definite end-the victory of the proletariat on a world scale .
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Have we become blind to connections in work and labour conditions on a world scale ?
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They launched the Third International in 1919 to promote this task on a world scale .
■ VERB
measure
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Certainly textiles were produced on a widespread basis, although it is impossible to measure the scale of manufacture.
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Too sporadic to measure on the feh scale .
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Probability is measured on a scale from 0 to 1.
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There is no opinion poll mechanism for measuring the scale of social unrest.
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Their responses showed little indication of an overwhelming conservatism, as measured by this scale .
tip
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Thus can a minuscule particle tip the scales one way or another.
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Second, the Constitution tips the scales in favor of the individual over the state in highly personal matters.
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Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset, she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.
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Mr Bates thinks the disappearance of November's protest vote could tip the scales his way.
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This guy tips the scale at 400 pounds.
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For geophysicists in general, it is yet another chunk of evidence tipping the scales toward an integrated view of the earth.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
economies of scale
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Analogously, large loans attract a lower interest rate than small loans because of the administrative economies of scale.
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Each has been trying to outbid the rest in an attempt to gain market share and so exploit economies of scale.
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However, just to confuse matters, economies of scale plus economies of scope do not imply subadditivity.
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The benefits of reaping economies of scale depend upon how far costs fall as output levels are increased.
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There are a number of qualifications to this prediction, apart from the possibility of economies of scale discussed above.
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This is not to say that mass markets have disintegrated or that economies of scale are irrelevant to competitive performance.
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World trade, then, allows what economists call economies of scale.
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Yet it is clear that transport costs can have important consequences in the presence of economies of scale.
on a heroic scale/of heroic proportions
the Richter scale
the diatonic scale
tip the balance/scales
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Your support tipped the balance in our favor.
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I went to see Hoppy for a checkup and I tip the scales at exactly eighty-six pounds.
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Mr Bates thinks the disappearance of November's protest vote could tip the scales his way.
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Perhaps remorse at having joined it had tipped the balance of Fred's mind.
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Second, the Constitution tips the scales in favor of the individual over the state in highly personal matters.
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Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset, she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.
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They viewed the Soviet moves as an effort to tip the scales against the West.
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Thus can a minuscule particle tip the scales one way or another.
tip the scales at sth
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At today's weigh-in, he tipped the scales at just over 15 stone.
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I went to see Hoppy for a checkup and I tip the scales at exactly eighty-six pounds.
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Reports claimed that the elfin figured star's weight plunged terrifyingly until she tipped the scales at a mere five stones.
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Sid Kelly, who minds the net for table-topping Eccleshall, is believed to tip the scales at around 20 stones.
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Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset, she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.
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At the upper end of the scale is the Parker School, with tuition of over $9,000 a year.
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Greg stood on the bathroom scale and looked in the mirror.
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Hurricanes are graded on a scale from one to five, with five the strongest.
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On a scale of one to ten, ten being best, his new movie is a two.
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Rescue workers are trying to assess the scale of the disaster.
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Scientists are only just beginning to realize the scale of the problem.
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the scale on a thermometer
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the F major scale
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The map was drawn to a scale of one inch to the mile.
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The researchers devised a scale to measure people's attitudes toward certain types of behavior.
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The salary scale goes from $60,000 to $175,000.
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We were not expecting a public response on such a scale .
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At the other end of the scale , good advice in these shops is sometimes very expensive.
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Economies of scale and the use of computers were expected to reduce administrative costs.
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How might we apply the lesson that these organizers learned on the much greater scale of an entire nation?
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In order to ingratiate himself with the populace, he rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem on a hitherto unprecedented scale .
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Seven of their 1:20 scale models have been chosen for exhibition and two have been combined to provide the full-scale installation.
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The association between echographic measurement and visual scales is a simple method of evaluating the relationship between the stomach and appetite.
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There is one large pointed slightly rugose tentacle scale on each pore.
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This guy tips the scale at 400 pounds.
II. verb
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■ NOUN
height
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In his etchings too, Squirrell can scale the heights .
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It's a great guitar that deserves to scale considerable heights .
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The writers have a long way to go to scale these Olympian heights of absurdity, but they're trying.
wall
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At Perth in January 1313 Bruce himself was second to scale the castle wall after wading neck-high through icy cold water.
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Gradually, the angle of the pole against the wall is reduced until the student can scale the wall without the pole.
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Through her tears she saw Garry scaling the wall as he made a run for it.
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But she had turned away from her high window and demanded he scale the ivory walls without her help.
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One of the boys, Reuben N., had scaled a wall and run away from the workhouse.
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Instead of scaling walls or risking being run over by trains, fans are now paying tourists.
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He could hear it scaling the walls in fury, screaming over the roof.
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Windlass in hand, he clambered up the ladder that scaled the slimy wall .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
economies of scale
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Analogously, large loans attract a lower interest rate than small loans because of the administrative economies of scale.
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Each has been trying to outbid the rest in an attempt to gain market share and so exploit economies of scale.
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However, just to confuse matters, economies of scale plus economies of scope do not imply subadditivity.
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The benefits of reaping economies of scale depend upon how far costs fall as output levels are increased.
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There are a number of qualifications to this prediction, apart from the possibility of economies of scale discussed above.
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This is not to say that mass markets have disintegrated or that economies of scale are irrelevant to competitive performance.
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World trade, then, allows what economists call economies of scale.
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Yet it is clear that transport costs can have important consequences in the presence of economies of scale.
on a heroic scale/of heroic proportions
the Richter scale
the diatonic scale
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Corbett has scaled El Capitan in Yosemite a record 46 times.
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Somehow the men had scaled the twenty foot wall without setting off the alarm.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Chapters 9 and 10 deal with issues directly linked to scaling laws in chemistry and analytical devices.
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Marsalis scales the stratospheric extreme of the piccolo trumpet without a single bobble.
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Paramount released 14 films in 1995 and some reports say Redstone has asked that number be scaled back.
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Sainty, like many others, had scaled down this year, leaving the million dollar plus pictures at home.
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Some banks try to scale their prices down for small-business customers to entice them to use electronic services.
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The output reading obtained with the enlarged input is then correspondingly scaled down.
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Underneath, I have I copied the graphic into a Draw 98 frame and scaled that instead.