vertical scale
collocation in Englishmeaningsofverticalandscale
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vertical
adjective
uk/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈvɝː.t̬ə.kəl/
standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90° to a horizontal surface ...
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scale
noun
uk/skeɪl/us/skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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(Definition ofverticalandscalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvertical scale
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The characteristicverticalscaleof the cavity should not be too small.
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Theverticalscalein the rightmost figure is a compression of the scale in the leftmost figure.
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Surrounding these figures may be an intricate pattern of winged and/or paw scrolls, often associated withverticalscalemotifs.
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Theverticalscaleis valid for the lowest trace, all others are displaced for clarity.
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Theverticalscaleon the graphs indicates the percentage of building area and the horizontal the lifetime duration of a building, or group of buildings.
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Theverticalscalehas been deformed so that this boundary becomes roughly horizontal.
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If it is less than some critical value the heton's motion will be confined provided the heton'sverticalscaleis sufficiently large.
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Theverticalscaleis exaggerated about 2.5 times.
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In the cross-section e-f, theverticalscaleis doubled.
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Theverticalscaleis in cm measured from the bottom of the tank, whilst the vertical line represents the mesh size of the grid.
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Progress is not merely a question of moving up averticalscale.
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Power spectra are plotted on a logarithmicverticalscale.
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The layered structure exhibits a well-definedverticalscalewhich is dynamically determined and not initially imposed.
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The hydrostatic assumption is not valid for motions whose horizontal scale is comparable to theverticalscale, or smaller.
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All spectra for a particular tissue were printed at the sameverticalscaleand qualitative comparisons were made.
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The experimental data refer to the leftverticalscaleand the simulations refer to the rightverticalscale.
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Note the 2 : 1verticalscaleexaggeration.
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Theverticalscaleis in arbitrary units.
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