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noun
An electronic circuit that aggregates many signals into one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An electronic or computer system that adjusts the size of a signal or graphic to fit on a screen etc.
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noun
One who scales.
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noun
A tool or device for scaling fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: descaler
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noun
A dentistry tool with two hooks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
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noun
an electronic pulse counter used to count pulses that occur too rapidly to be recorded individually
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pulse counter
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh2 Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English -er English scaler From scale + -er.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
