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downscaling

downscaling is the present participle and gerund of downscale.

Meaning of downscale

Verb

downscale (third-person singular simple present downscales, present participle downscaling, simple past and past participle downscaled)

  1. To reduce in size; to downsize.

See all 3 meanings of downscale

Noun

downscaling (plural downscalings)

  1. The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.

Forms of downscaling

pluraldownscalings

Questions about downscaling

What does downscaling mean?
Downscaling means the act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
What is downscaling the present participle and gerund of?
Downscaling is the present participle and gerund of downscale.
What part of speech is downscaling?
Downscaling is a noun.
What is the plural of downscaling?
The plural of downscaling is downscalings.

Words near downscaling in the dictionary

  1. downscale
  2. downscaled
  3. downscaler
  4. downscalers
  5. downscales
  6. downscaling
  7. downscalings
  8. downscan
  9. downscans
  10. downsection
  11. downselect

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downscaling (page history and authors); downscale (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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