In general it means that your scale is out of calibration for one reason or another. You can try calibrating to zero, (some scales need a specific weight load for calibration - see owners manual) but if that does not work then it probably means the load cell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_cell) has been overloaded and usually is not repairable, however, I had a scale that read out2 and I could not re-calibrate it, so I put it in the freezer for a few hours to expand the load cell and that fixed it.
Read what the scale or the key to the scale says.
It means a balance (scale) with three beams. Triple. Beam. Balance. Exactly what it says on the tin.
It is off by 36.97%
You need to define how mean the scale points are.
The spring scale is another type of scale to measure balence.
There are innumerable scales and the answer depends on which scale you mean.
Do you mean WHERE on the scale?
when she says what?
Not to scale indicates something done NOT according to the proportions of an established scale of measurement
A scale weighs an object OR If you mean a scale that can be found on fish, scales can protect and animal.
Whatever the key, in the corner or side of the map says.
A scale factor is a number which scales, or multiplies, some quantity. A scale factor of two would mean to multiply whatever it is by two.