scaling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scaling	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for scaling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scaling n the act of arranging in a graduated series [syn: scaling, grading] act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale ascent by or as if by a ladder
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scale \Scale\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scaling}.] To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system. Scaling his present bearing with his past. --Shak. {To} {scale, [or] scale down}, {a debt, wages, etc.}, to reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed ratio or scale. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scaling \Scal"ing\ (sk[amac]l"[icr]ng), a. 1. 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. 2. Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place.