Collocations withscale
These are words often used in combination withscale.
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atomic scale
Moreover, if fully developed turbulence is reached, mixing occurs down to the atomic scale, and the effective gas density is reduced, hence reducing the fusion rate.
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colossal scale
I hope, also, that he will tell us that we are going out for a scheme on a colossal scale.
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continental scale
This can be carried out at a continental scale using suction traps which still provide the most accurate estimates for predicting aphid spray thresholds.
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continuous scale
The question of the skipper's perception of violation rate required answers on a continuous scale.
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evolutionary scale
This fact required the development of models to calculate the minimal number of mutational events that hypothetically separate two chains on the evolutionary scale.
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five-point scale
For each item, respondents were asked to indicate ' who has the resource advantage ' based on a five-point scale.
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four-point scale
All items except the first (three-point) are rated on a four-point scale for the previous month.
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geographical scale
Geographical scale must be built in at the design phase.
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global scale
Success at the global scale, and particularly in supporting life and happiness, is arguably one of the most rewarding and meaningful human experiences.
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grading scale
A combined diagnosis from mammography and clinical examination together and results from core needle biopsy were scored on a similar grading scale.
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grand scale
Many works of economic literature at the time were so produced, and this could take place on a grand scale.
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grey scale
The horizontal axis corresponds to wavelength, the vertical axis to polarization, and the grey scale gives the fluorescence intensity.
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immense scale
I would draw attention to the fact that we are exporting capital on an immense scale all over the world.
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industrial scale
In the years that followed, the knowledge of whelk-dyeing processes on an industrial scale was completely lost.
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length scale
By fine-scaled it is meant that the length scale of the turbulence should be small compared to the wavelength of potentially unstable modes.
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linear scale
The idea of evaluating cases on a linear scale is, therefore, both unnatural and problematic; so why not abandon it?
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macroscopic scale
In later experiments, the attractor was used to generate a series of coordinates that were used on a macroscopic scale as time and duration values.
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massive scale
With a financial system based on municipal rents, the possibility of decent maintenance and upkeep was defeated by the massive scale of non-payment.
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microscopic scale
The capabilities of the simple projection microscope to detect complex structures on a microscopic scale have been tested using an ant as an object.
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modest scale
Pearse defended his approach by stating that this was a modest scale.
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molecular scale
Nanotechnology applies broadly to any technology that takes advantage of mechanical properties on a molecular scale.
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monumental scale
The human figures reduced to type, shrank in size, and lurked the margins as guides to the monumental scale of nature's nation.
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numeric scale
For contingent rating, individuals are asked to rate a series of alternatives individually on a semantic or numeric scale.
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on a gigantic scale
There had been mob violence on a gigantic scale in which one community wreaked its vengeance on another.
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on a mass scale
It does, because otherwise we are left with the only alternative option of teaching logic on a mass scale.
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on a worldwide scale
Consequently, the relativity of functions needs to be placed against the wider frames of different economies of linguistic resources on a worldwide scale.
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ordinal scale
The median (ordinal scale) from observations in each area on each parasite species is shown.
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planetary scale
Titan is especially important to understand in the context of the role of organic chemistry occurring on a planetary scale.
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rating scale
This step may be difficult to reproduce, especially for panels using the more standard appropriate/inappropriate rating scale.
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regional scale
The concept of tectonic landscape can also operate at the regional scale, the space between cities.
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revised scale
A revised scale of fees is now under consideration, and it is hoped that a decision may be reached and promulgated very shortly.
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scale bar
The scale bar represents the estimated number of nucleotide substitutions per nucleotide site.
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self-report scale
This is a 20-item self-report scale developed to measure depressive symptoms in the community.
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seven-point scale
We propose that, to the extent placement on the seven-point scale is meaningful, it will discriminate between issue positions.
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sheer scale
The sheer scale of a completely new edition led to the decision to exclude everything which was not correspondence in the narrow sense.
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spatial scale
Low spatial frequencies are suppressively masked across spatial scale, orientation, field position, and eye of origin.
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temporal scale
If behavioural change is continuous, then an environmental causative factor should vary over a similar temporal scale.
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three-point scale
However, because perceptions of closeness are gauged by a three-point scale the independent variable effects perhaps ought to be estimated with an ordered probit model.
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unprecedented scale
He gives us the important issues on an unprecedented scale: what is the relation between the histories of performance, notation and composition?
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vast scale
Finally, their very modernity meant that they consumed suppplies on a vast scale.
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vertical scale
The characteristic vertical scale of the cavity should not be too small.
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