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Princeton's WordNet

  1. scaling, gradingnoun

    the act of arranging in a graduated series

  2. scalingnoun

    act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale

  3. scalingnoun

    ascent by or as if by a ladder

Wiktionary

  1. scalingnoun

    The removing of the scales of fish

  2. scalingnoun

    The formation of a layer of scale on a surface

  3. scalingnoun

    The removal of a layer of scale from a surface

  4. scalingnoun

    The measurement of dimensions using a scale

  5. scalingnoun

    The expression of the terms of an equation using powers of nondimensional quantities

ChatGPT

  1. scaling

    Scaling refers to the process of changing the size, volume, or magnitude of an object, image, data, or concept, in a proportional manner. Whether it's about increasing or decreasing, scaling involves maintaining the original proportions and characteristics while adjusting them to a different scale. It can be applicable in various fields such as mathematics, computing, science, and business, where it may denote different context-specific meanings.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scaling

    of Scale

  2. Scalingadjective

    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

  3. Scalingadjective

    serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place

Wikidata

  1. Scaling

    In Euclidean geometry, uniform scaling is a linear transformation that enlarges or shrinks objects by a scale factor that is the same in all directions. The result of uniform scaling is similar to the original. A scale factor of 1 is normally allowed, so that congruent shapes are also classed as similar. Uniform scaling happens, for example, when enlarging or reducing a photograph, or when creating a scale model of a building, car, airplane, etc. More general is scaling with a separate scale factor for each axis direction. Non-uniform scaling is obtained when at least one of the scaling factors is different from the others; a special case is directional scaling or stretching. Non-uniform scaling changes the shape of the object; e.g. a square may change into a rectangle, or into a parallelogram if the sides of the square are not parallel to the scaling axes. It occurs, for example, when a faraway billboard is viewed from an oblique angle, or when the shadow of a flat object falls on a surface that is not parallel to it.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. scaling

    The act of cleaning the inside of a ship's cannon by the explosion of a reduced quantity of powder. Also, attacking a place by getting over its defences.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. scaling

    Scaling a piece of artillery, is the flashing off of a small quantity of powder to clean out the bore; about one-twelfth of the shot’s weight. The practice is discontinued.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scaling in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scaling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of scaling in a Sentence

  1. Adi Utarini:

    The challenge is not necessarily including the Zika virus (in the trial), the challenge is scaling up ... which will mean much more work in the field, communicating with the public and getting the community to agree.

  2. Henry Ajder:

    This new age of AI can’t be held in the hands of a few massive companies getting rich off of these tools, we need to democratize this technology, at the same time, there are also very real and legitimate concerns of having a radical open approach where you just open source a tool or have very minimal restrictions on its use is going to lead to a massive scaling of harm … and I think legislation will probably play a role in reigning in some of the more radically open models.

  3. Sam Liccardo:

    What it points to is the utter failure of a national public health system that should have been identifying the needs, scaling the resources and allocating the resources in a way that would optimally meet the need, it's critical for us to know when we need to take a firefighter or police officer off the line because of exposure, and point-of-contact tests are essential for large cities like ours.

  4. Sandeep Chamling Rai:

    For too long, reducing emissions and scaling up adaptation support has been hopelessly inadequate, this has resulted in worsening climate change impacts that exceed the ability of people and ecosystems to cope.

  5. Matthew Robison:

    Expect systems involving large numbers of sensors, eventually scaling to 8-10 cameras per car.

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