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scaling
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scaling
(1) See scale.

(2) Sometimes refers to obtaining incremental improvements in new products via traditional methods: "evolutionary" rather than "revolutionary."
scaling [′skāl·iŋ]
(biology)
The removing of scales from fishes.
(electronics)
Counting pulses with a scaler when the pulses occur too fast for direct counting by conventional means.
(engineering)
Removing scale (rust or salt) from a metal or other surface.
(graphic arts)
Using a scale to measure dimensions in a scale drawing.
(mechanics)
Expressing the terms in an equation of motion in powers of nondimensional quantities (such as a Reynolds number), so that terms of significant magnitude under conditions specified in the problem can be identified, and terms of insignificant magnitude can be dropped.
(medicine)
(metallurgy)
Forming of a thick layer of metallic oxide on metals at high temperatures.
Depositing of solid inorganic solutes from water on a metal surface, such as a cooling tube or boiler.
(mining engineering)
Removing loose rocks and coal from the roof, walls, or face after blasting.
(nuclear physics)
A property of nuclear collisions whereby the likelihood of a nuclear reaction depends more on the ratio between energy transferred and momentum transferred than on the energy transferred between the colliding particles.

scaling
Local flaking or peeling away of the surface portion of concrete or mortar.


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