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.
Definition of scale. 1  1a : a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fishb : a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale scales of mica the scales on a moth's wingc : the scaly covering of a scaled animal.