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vertical scale

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vertical scale [′vərd·ə·kəl ′skāl]
(design engineering)
The ratio of the vertical dimensions of a laboratory model to those of the natural prototype; usually exaggerated in relation to the horizontal scale.
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To have the same distance on the vertical scale representing equal percent changes, you can use logarithmic scaling.
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