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SCALAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of scaling in weight or quantity or dimension
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("scalage" is a kind of...):
scaling (act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale)
Derivation:
scale (size or measure according to a scale)
scale (measure by or as if by a scale)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Estimation of the amount of lumber in a log
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("scalage" is a kind of...):
approximation; estimate; estimation; idea (an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth)