The scale of the map was too small; it was useless in locating Suzy's house.
Scale (weighing device) : "I put the apples on the scale to determine the price." Scale (smaller sized model) : "The scale on the car was 1/20th actual size." Scale (verb, to climb) : "I watched the mountaineer scale the summit of the peak."
On the grand scale, my F in grammar didn't matter that much.
The magnitude of the earthquake measured 3.5 on the Richter scale.
Example Sentences
the lucrative boy is richer than ever
I used the scale to weigh myself during gym class.
The nouns in the sentence are:maps, subject of the sentence;scale, object of the preposition 'to'.
The Mohs scale compares the hardness of an object or substance.
You didn't say which meaning of the word you wanted to use. If you mean scale as in a device to measure weight, you could say "I stepped on the scale and prayed that I had lost weight." If you mean scale like a fish or reptile has, you could say "I found a snake scale in the woods." If you mean scale like on a map, you could say "The scale of this map is one inch equals one mile." If you mean scale as in to climb, you could say "We plan to scale Mount Baldy this weekend."
the lucrative boy is richer than ever
our teacher taught us how to use the map scale correctly .
ask a scientist, maybe he knows
I'd like to see these plans built into a scale model.
I used the scale to weigh myself during gym class.
This sample measures at 4.3 on the pH scale.
the pH of this acid is 5
The Moment Magnitude scale (this replaced the Richer Scale in the 1970s).
Zero degrees on the Celsius scale equals thirty two degrees on the Fahrenheit scale.
The fisherman weighed his record setting trout on the scale at the fish and game office.
My rebuilt engine is about 7.5 on the Richter scale! Yesterday's earthquake read 3.2 on the Richter scale. The Richter scale was developed in the 1930s.
One way to use counterbalacing in a sentence with an "ed" suffix is this: The golden weights counterbalanced the silver weights on the scale.