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    a series of musical notes in a fixed order from the lowest to the highest or the highest to the lowest

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of scale*

    Notes in the musical scale: A, B, bass, beat, C, chord, crotchet, D, do, double flat... more
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    one of the small hard flat pieces of skin on the body of a fish, snake, or similar animal

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of scale*

    Parts of fish: fin, gill, mandible, pectoral fin, scale, vent... more
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    a hard white substance that forms on the inside of water pipes and containers that are regularly used for heating water

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of scale*

    Products of chemical reactions and processes: crystal, dioxin, distillate, filtrate, precipitate, residue, rust, scale... more
    1. a.
      tartar that forms on your teeth

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of scale*

      Dentistry: amalgam, braces, bridge, cap, cap, caries, cavity, crown, crown, dentistry... more

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