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rescale

rescale verb: to alter the scale of a drawing or project; to change the physical proportions.

Verb

rescale (third-person singular simple present rescales, present participle rescaling, simple past and past participle rescaled)

  1. To alter the scale of a drawing or project; to change the physical proportions.
  2. To change the scope of a business or project to meet a change in demands.
  3. To scale again

Forms of rescale

third-person singular presentrescales
present participlerescaling
past participlerescaled
pastrescaled

Origin of rescale

From re- + scale.

Words formed from rescale

Questions about rescale

What does rescale mean?
Rescale means to alter the scale of a drawing or project; to change the physical proportions.
What part of speech is rescale?
Rescale is a verb.
What is the past tense of rescale?
The past tense of rescale is rescaled.

Words near rescale in the dictionary

  1. resaying
  2. resays
  3. resazurin
  4. rescalability
  5. rescalable
  6. rescale
  7. rescaled
  8. rescaler
  9. rescalers
  10. rescales
  11. rescaling

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