a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals | specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire |
an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | a historical type of personal armor made from iron or steel plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century. |
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 | |