a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals | a scale formerly used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake; an earthquake detected only by seismographs is a I and an earthquake that destroys all buildings is a XII |
an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | |
a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass | |
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | |
(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) | |
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | |
a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin | |
relative magnitude | |
the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it | |
an ordered reference standard | |