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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.
n (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) the entire scale of musical notes. a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones. a 12-note scale including all the semitones of the octave. a musical scale with fewer than seven notes. a gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted. any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave.