Verb (used with object) : to scale down wages.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : the scale of taxation; the social scale. ,the scale of a thermometer. ,These unions use different scales. ,How much is scale? ,All actors and musicians for the performance, including the stars, are working for scale. ,a model on a scale of one inch to one foot. ,They built a residence on a yet more magnificent scale. ,We have no scale by which to judge his achievements. ,the major scale of C. ,the decimal scale.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.    From Dictionary.com. 

He said the program is stronger after the restructuring, which he described as scaling up, not paring down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Durangoherald.com] Reference

"The possible remediation would be what they call scaling, which involves removing rocks by hand or by an excavator," DeFebo said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Columnist: Keith Groller] Reference

A better scaling is when you use e-mail or Jabber style.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twitter, et al: redistributing the wealth] Reference

Rock scaling is emotion, pure air, physical challenge and danger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guide to alternative tourism in Michoacán] Reference

Big time scaling is a difficult problem and taking away those concerns is quite compelling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Google AppEngine & Amazon AWS : #comments] Reference

As I am sure anyone who has cleaned a fish before has found, when scaling is necessary it is a less than an enjoyable task.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scaling Fish] Reference

Logically, at the cold war's end, the United States should have begun a long-term scaling down of forces and commitments abroad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Power for What?] Reference

I have absolutely no experience in scaling sites, but if a doubling of the database requires 6 times the cost, why not try sharding?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monetization free verse paid. « The Paradigm Shift] Reference

I consider "scaling" to include social scaling, that is, what the larger market will accept.    From Wordnik.com.  [Civicus] Reference

· Get excited by the idea of scaling web apps to millions of users.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gamasutra Feature Articles] Reference

The final bit of major news here relates to SLI scaling, which is frankly remarkable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

They are thus distracted by the idea of scaling phone applications up to a larger device.    From Wordnik.com.  [GigaOM Network] Reference

Google’s expertise, after all, is in scaling out applications to millions of users without a hitch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Google Aims to Woo the Enterprise With Its Cloud] Reference

The process of converting resolution is called scaling - or sometimes called upconverting or down-converting.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNET Australia] Reference

This was described as scaling of the Ambio series against the CRU temperature in the calibration period of c1856:1880,1920:1965.    From Wordnik.com.  [Splices in Crowley and Lowery « Climate Audit] Reference

Scale and rapid scaling is very important.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Big Split Over Microfinance] Reference

NGUYEN: But do you see more people just kind of scaling it back this year, Larry?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2009] Reference

The bias is relative to temperature, so some kind of scaling might help, rewriting the bias.    From Wordnik.com.  [Juckes Omnibus « Climate Audit] Reference

A remarkable feature of the SLAC experiments that verified the existence of quarks was 'scaling'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forces] Reference

So, since that didn ` t turn out so well, it appears that Jennifer Aniston was kind of scaling back a little bit with this relationship.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2006] Reference

This is referred to as "scaling" into a position as opposed to "all in".    From Wordnik.com.  [FXstreet.com] Reference

ImageJ does geometric transformations such as scaling, rotation and flips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference

"A lot people are kind of scaling back on the Christmas," said Dellostritto.    From Wordnik.com.  [WWLTV.com Top Stories] Reference

App Engine; everyone else was getting excited about "scaling", but really I was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet Python] Reference

Needless to say, geometrical transformation such as scaling and rotating are also supported.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference

The software provides features such as scaling, icons, trigger adjustment, measurement settings and display modes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference

Instead, Aurora is trimming the budget elsewhere, such as scaling back on street sweeping and delaying road projects.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheDenverChannel.com - Local News] Reference

There is potential for much more scaling, meaning existing shareholders might not get as many new shares as they hoped.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Business Review (NBR) New Zealand] Reference

We've found that sub-2GHz procs don't have the spunk to run compute-intensive chores by themselves, such as scaling video.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maximum PC all RSS Feed] Reference

In addition, it covers some of the most difficult tasks, such as scaling out to a server farm and implementing disaster recovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Site Home] Reference

Roe has stood for 36 years without any major changes or scaling back.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Am Zygote, Hear Me Roar] Reference