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scale - the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it; the scale of the map; the scale of the model. proportion - the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole.
Context examples: the scale of the map / the scale of the model. Hypernyms (scale is a kind of...): proportion (the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole).