scaling

Other forms of scaling

plural

scalings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scaling

What does scaling mean?

scaling means "the act of arranging in a graduated series". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scaling?

scaling has 2 syllables: sca-ling. The stress falls on "sca". In IPA it is /ˈskeɪlɪŋ/.

What is another word for scaling?

Close synonyms include grading. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scaling a common word?

scaling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.