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skala

Pronunciation: /²skɑːla/

“skala” is a Swedish word. Its 9 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to peel (to remove the skin or outer covering of), to (de‐)shell
  2. to scale (change the size of while maintaining proportion)
  3. to scale (change the extent of)
  4. to scale; to tolerate significant increases in throughput

noun

  1. a scale; ordered numerical sequence
  2. a scale; scope
  3. a scale; the ratio of depicted distance to actual distance
  4. a scale; means of assigning a magnitude
  5. a scale; a series of notes

Etymology

From Old Swedish skala, attested since 1400–1425. Equivalent to skal (“shell, peel”) + -a. Compare Norwegian and Danish skalle, older Danish skale, Middle Low German schālen, German schälen.

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