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sliding scale

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sliding scale
a variable scale according to which specified wages, tariffs, prices, etc., fluctuate in response to changes in some other factor, standard, or conditions

sliding scale [′slīd·iŋ ′skāl]
(meteorology)
A set of combinations of ceilings and visibilities which constitute the operational weather limits at an airport; as the observed value of one element increases, the limiting value of the other element decreases, and vice versa.


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The consciousness in each man is a sliding scale, which identifies him now with the First Cause, and now with the flesh of his body; life above life, in infinite degrees.
Here's three or four columns full of nothing but sliding scales and fixed duties.
 
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