[
UK
/skˈeɪld/
]
[ US /ˈskeɪɫd/ ]
[ US /ˈskeɪɫd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- (used of armor) having overlapping metal plates attached to a leather backing
- having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles
How To Use scaled In A Sentence
- The total cost structure of any business is likely to be scaled to the size of its largest resource. MANAGING FOR RESULTS
- But the combination of natural materials imparts warmth to the space, which is comfortably scaled.
- Through its use of color and light, the building celebrates a child's sense of joy and fresh discovery and is perfectly scaled for its young users.
- Sales, filing and clerical work would be scaled back dramatically. Times, Sunday Times
- The corresponding files are small in size and can be scaled at any resolution without losses.
- The Romanian government yesterday unveiled a new, scaled-down security force.
- The aerodynamic forces generated by rigid and flexible geometrically scaled hawkmoth wings were measured.
- The thieves had scaled two fences and dragged the pup out of her locked kennel and lifted her over the walls, leaving two less valuable dogs behind.
- Ossein pretreated for a 2weeks period exhibited the maximum % yield incase of bone gelatin, while the yield from intact skin was higher than that realized incase of de-scaled skin.
- By the age of 21 he had already scaled the heights in the academic world.