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to scale

to scale prepositional phrase: drawn, designed or constructed such that each dimension has the same proportion to the original.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Drawn, designed or constructed such that each dimension has the same proportion to the original.
    • The one-metre-long model of the Bismarck was built exactly to scale, with moving turrets.
    • Maps of the solar system are often not drawn to scale due to the vast distances between the planets.

Questions about to scale

What does to scale mean?
To scale means drawn, designed or constructed such that each dimension has the same proportion to the original.
What part of speech is to scale?
To scale is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to scale in the dictionary

  1. to reckon with
  2. to rights
  3. to save one's life
  4. to say nothing of
  5. to say the least
  6. to scale
  7. to some extent
  8. to someone's credit
  9. to someone's face
  10. to someone's liking
  11. to someone's taste

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