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scales  

EN[skeɪlz]
US
Fbalance
Unbalanced brass scales with cupped trays
Unbalanced brass scales with cupped trays

    Definition of scales in English Dictionary

  • NomBFscale
    1. plural of scale.
    2. VerbeBFscalePRscalingPT, PPscaled
      1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of scale.
      2. Plus d'exemples
        1. Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
          • The scale of the printed fabrics is just right: the yellow calico of a blond girl’s sunsuit, the tiny picturesque country scenes in red, blue and green on a gathered skirt.
          • He tipped the scales at 221 pounds at the weigh-in two days before the fight
          • Lodging was determined as standability of plants in plot at maturity using a scale of 1 to 5 (1, erect plants; 5, prostrate plants).
        2. Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
          • Up to 11 vascular bundles are coplanarly arranged in the middle part of a cone scale.
          • Even though no obvious staining was observed in our case, contact with the vapor was still found to perform very faint etching at a submicrometric scale.
          • It features the crossover from a prequench to a prethermal state, finally evolving towards a thermal state on increasing length and time scales.
      • Partie du discours Hiérarchie
        1. Noms
          • Pluralia tantum
          • Verbes
            • Formes verbales
              • Formes singulières Verb
                • Troisième personne du singulier formes
          Liens Connexes:
          1. en scalest
          2. en scalesia
          3. en scalesias
          4. en scales back
          Source: Wiktionnaire

          Meaning of scales for the defined word.

          Grammaticalement, ce mot "scales" est un nom, plus spécifiquement, un pluralia tantum. C'est aussi un verbe, plus spécifiquement, un formes verbale.
          Difficulté: Niveau 2
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          Définition: Niveau 5
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          Précis    ➨     Polyvalent