Scale
Encyclopedia : S : SC : SCA : Scale
Scale can refer to:
- Scale (computing)
- Scale (map)
- Scale (music)
- Scale (ratio)
- Scale (spatial)
- Scale (zoology)
- Logarithmic scale, mathematics
- Order of magnitude
- Scale factor
- Stanley Stevens' Scales of measurement (1946): nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio
- Duration scale
- Architect's scale — (or draughtsman's scale) is a ruler-like device, which facilitates the production of technical drawings.
- Engineer's scale
- Weighing scale — used for measurement of weight (mass or force)
- Zadok scale cereal development
- Zoology: Scale insect, plant parasites which resemble animal scales
- Geosciences: Mohs scale of mineral hardness
- Atmospheric sciences: Celsius scale, Fahrenheit scale, Kelvin scale, Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, Fujita scale (tornadoes), Beaufort scale (wind)
- Screen Actors Guild wage standards
Astronomy
- Scale factor (Universe)
- Large-scale structure of the cosmos
- Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale
- Torino Scale
- Solar flare energy intensity
Chemistry and physics
- Kelvin scale measures Thermodynamic temperature
- Mulliken scale electronegativity
- Hounsfield scale (radiodensity)
- Allred-Rochow scale, Mulliken scale, Pauling scale
Economics
Music
- Scale (music)
- *Bohlen-Pierce scale, chromatic scale, Deutsch's scale illusion, diminished scale, mathematics of musical scales, minor scale
- Scale (string instruments)
Scale models
Seismology
- :For an overview of the seismic scales, see Earthquake.
- European Macroseismic Scale (EMS)
- INQUA scale
- Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik (MSK) scale
- Modified Mercalli (MM) scale
- Mercalli-Cancani-Sieberg (MCS) scale
- Mercalli-Wood-Neuman (MWN) scale
- Moment magnitude (Mw) scale
- Omori scale
- Richter scale
- Rossi-Forel scale
- Shindo scale
Social science
- Scale (social sciences)
- Clinical Global Impression scale and the Clinical Global Impression Improvement scale
- Kinsey scale, sexual orientation (Klein scale is more detailed but not yet as well known)
- Likert scale, questionnaire format
- Phrase completion scales, questionnaire format
- Social stratification, socioeconomic class
Scales named after people
Scales with special uses are often named after the person who invented them.- The Richter magnitude scale is a mathematical device to compare the size of earthquakes.
- The Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik scale and the Mercalli scale are used to measure the intensity of earthquakes.
- The Beaufort scale is used to measure wind force.
- The Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin scales (among ) measure temperature.
- The Goldberg scale measures mania and depression.
- The Liebowitz social anxiety scale measures the severity of social anxiety disorder.
- The Scoville Scale measures the hotness of peppers.
- The Glasgow Coma Scale measures the severity of comas.
- The Fujita scale estimates the intensity of tornadoes.
- The Torino Scale and the Palermo scale measure the impact hazard level of near-Earth objects such as asteroids.
Miscellaneous
- Chain of being
- Hierarchy
- Time scales: Historical periods, Geologic periods
See also
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.