Since a logo is the visual entity signifying an organization, logo design is an important area of graphic design. A logo is the central element of a complex identification system that must be functionally extended to all communications of an organization. Therefore, the design of logos and their incorporation in a visual identity system is one of the most difficult and important areas of graphic design.
In most biological nomenclature, a scale (Greek Î»ÎµÏÎ¯Ï lepis, Latin squama) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animal 's skin to provide protection.
: a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale : the scaly covering of a scaled animal : to remove the scale or scales from (as by scraping) : to take off in thin layers or scales : to throw (something, such as a thin, flat stone) so that the edge cuts the air or so that it skips on water : skim