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natural scale

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natural scale [′nach·rəl ′skāl]
(graphic arts)
The ratio between the linear dimensions of a chart or drawing and the actual dimensions represented, expressed as a proportion; for example, 1 inch on a chart of natural scale 1:2,000,000 represents 2,000,000 inches on the earth. Also known as representative fraction.


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The contest is made all the more graphic by the attractive physical dissimilarities of Whelan and Hubbe: she elongated, vertical, angled, sternly flexible, minutely detailed; he rounded, ardent, lateral, voluminous--heroic, but in natural scale, somewhat diminutive.
He was also the director of a company who created natural scale interactive games.
 
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