GRADUATED SCALE

Domain	Definition
Physics	That part of a measuring instrument, whether connected to the instrument or separate from it(as in a reflecting instrument), on which the graduations are marked. A scale may be either straight or curved, e. g. circular. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms within Context: GRADUATED SCALE

Photo Album: GRADUATED SCALE

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Figure 5. An Aime tide gauge. Aime's tidal studies began at the port of Algiers in 1838. Aime designed a prismatic lead tube supported by wood and provided with a filtering mechanism at its base that attenuated wave motion. A wood float connected to a counterweight by a silk cord, indicated the level of the sea on a reverse graduated scale which was calibrated on a calm day. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
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Non-Fiction Usage: GRADUATED SCALE

Subject	Topic	Quote
Worker Rights	Cote d'Ivoire	The law requires overtime payment on a graduated scale for additional hours. (references)
	Burundi	The formal minimum wage for unskilled workers is $0.21 (160 francs) per day in the cities Bujumbura and Gitega and $0.14 (105 francs) in the rest of the country, with a graduated scale for greater skill levels. (references)
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Modern Translation: GRADUATED SCALE

Language		Translations for "GRADUATED SCALE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		gradueret skala, skala (dial, scala, scale). (various references)

Dutch		schaalverdeling (scale), schaal (bark, carapace, course, dish, husk, peel, plate, platter, scale, shell, tube, valve). (various references)

Finnish		asteikko (gamut, scale). (various references)

French		échelle graduée, échelle. (various references)

German		Strichplatte, Skale (scale), Skala (chart, dial, gamut, graduation, range, scale, spectrum). (various references)

Greek		βαθμονομημένη κλίμακα (scale), διαβαθμισμένη κλίμακα. (various references)

Italian		scala graduata (scale), scala (graduation, ladder, run, Scala, scale, stair, staircase, stairs, stairway, standard). (various references)

Pig Latin		aduatedgray alescay

Portuguese		escala graduada (scale), escala (gage, gamut, gauge, grade, key, ladder, measure, scale, stopover). (various references)

Spanish		escala graduada (scale), escala (ladder, scale, stop off, stopover). (various references)

Swedish		skala (dial, flay, gradation, husk, pare, peel, scale, shell, shuck, skin). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: GRADUATED SCALE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-d-d-e-e-g-l-r-s-t-u"
	-5 letters: astraddle, cadastral, clustered, cudgelers, decretals, desugared, escaladed, escalader, escalated, gastrulae, graduated, graduates, lacerated, lacerates, laureated, laureates, reductase, regulated, regulates, resaluted, ulcerated, ulcerates.
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Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Measurement	Scale; graduation, graduated scale; nonius; vernier; (minuteness).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Specialty Definition: GRADUATED SCALE