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Scale or scales may refer to:
Mathematics
Measurements
Music
Cinema
Scale (film) , an animated short film directed by Joseph Pierce
Science
Biology
Scale (zoology) , a rigid plate which grows out of the skin of various animals
Scale (dermatology) , a secondary skin lesion in humans that resembles animal scales
Scale (insect anatomy) , a feature of the wings of moths and butterflies
Scale, a type of
trichome , any flat epidermal outgrowth in botany
Bulb scale, the storage layers of a plant bulb
Scale insect , a waxy coated animal that resembles a fish scale
Chemistry and materials science
Fouling , sometimes called scale , a buildup of unwanted substances on a submerged surface
Limescale , a hard, chalky deposit that often builds up inside kettles, hot water boilers, and pipework
Mill scale , the flaky surface on hot rolled steel, consisting of iron oxides
Scale (chemistry) , the range of mass or volume of a chemical reaction or process
Social sciences
Places
Scales, California , a community in the United States
Scales, Lancashire , part of the village of Newton-with-Scales
Scales, near Kirkoswald , Cumbria, a hamlet
Scales, South Lakeland , Cumbria, England, a village
The Scales , the initial climb of the
Chilkoot Pass
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term