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scale out

scale out verb: to scale up (a system) by adding more servers or nodes.

Verb

scale out (third-person singular simple present scales out, present participle scaling out, simple past and past participle scaled out)

  1. To scale up (a system) by adding more servers or nodes.
  2. To incrementally lower one’s position on an overbought market in view of indications of a falling trend.
    Antonyms:
    scale in

Antonyms of scale out

Forms of scale out

third-person singular presentscales out
present participlescaling out
past participlescaled out
pastscaled out

Words formed from scale out

Questions about scale out

What does scale out mean?
Scale out means to scale up (a system) by adding more servers or nodes.
What part of speech is scale out?
Scale out is a verb.
What is the past tense of scale out?
The past tense of scale out is scaled out.

Words near scale out in the dictionary

  1. scale model
  2. scale modeler
  3. scale modelers
  4. scale models
  5. scale off
  6. scale out
  7. scale pan
  8. scale ruler
  9. scale rulers
  10. scale tree
  11. scale trees

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