extended time scale
(extended time scale, slow time scale)
Princeton's WordNet
(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one
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slow time scale
(extended time scale, slow time scale)
Princeton's WordNet
(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one
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fast time scale
(fast time scale)
Princeton's WordNet
(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one
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vernier
(ˈvɜr ni ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
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scale
Webster Dictionary
to strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler
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standard time
(ˈstæn dərˌdaɪz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usu. the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region, with a difference of exactly one hour between one zone and the next. The standard time zones in the U.S. are Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Alaska time,Hawaii-Aleutian time, and Samoa time.
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at
(æt; unstressed ət, ɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(used to indicate a location or position, as in time, on a scale, or in order):
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set
(ɛt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to fix at an earlier time or lower point on a scale:
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vernier scale
(vernier scale, vernier)
Princeton's WordNet
a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
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vernier
(vernier scale, vernier)
Princeton's WordNet
a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
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scale
Webster Dictionary
the graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor
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analemma
(ˌæn lˈɛm ə tə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a scale shaped like the figure 8, showing the declination of the sun and the equation of time for each day of the year.
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atomic clock
(atomic clock)
Princeton's WordNet
a timepiece that derives its time scale from the vibration of atoms or molecules
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rankine
(ˈræŋ kɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pertaining to an absolute temperature scale (Rankine scale) in which the degree intervals are equal to those of the Fahrenheit scale and in which 0° Rankine equals −459.7° Fahrenheit.
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indicator
(index, index number, indicant, indicator)
Princeton's WordNet
a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
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indicant
(index, index number, indicant, indicator)
Princeton's WordNet
a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
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index number
(index, index number, indicant, indicator)
Princeton's WordNet
a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
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index
(index, index number, indicant, indicator)
Princeton's WordNet
a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
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a
Webster Dictionary
the name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A/) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A/) is the name of a tone intermediate between A and G
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descent
Webster Dictionary
a step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation
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wax insect
(ˈwæk sɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of several scale insects that secrete a commercially valuable waxy substance, esp. a Chinese scale insect,
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lamella
(ˈmɛl i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as a scale of horny tissue or a mushroom gill.
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diatonic
(ˌdaɪ əˈtɒn ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to a major or minor musical scale containing five whole tones and two semitones or to music based on such a scale.
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scute
Webster Dictionary
a bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake
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c
Webster Dictionary
the keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same
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protract
Webster Dictionary
to draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot
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scale
Webster Dictionary
a basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc
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logarithmic scale
(logarithmic scale)
Princeton's WordNet
scale on which actual distances from the origin are proportional to the logarithms of the corresponding scale numbers
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absolute temperature scale
(ˌæb səˈlut li, ˈæb səˌlut-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a scale for measuring temperature in which the hypothetical lowest limit is assigned the value zero, designated absolute zero, as the Kelvin or Rankine scale.
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scale
Webster Dictionary
hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc
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