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Step on the scale.

Five tremors in excess of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale have shaken Japan just this week, but scientists are warning that the largest expected aftershock has yet to hit.

At the atomic scale we observe quantum mechanical effects that can not be explained by classical mechanics.

Harry Partch invented scads of musical instruments, many tuned to his 43-tone scale.

The power delivered by a one square metre solar panel is approximately one watt. Therefore it is currently difficult to harvest solar energy on a grand scale.

Miguel, the pickup artist, rates women's looks on a scale from one to ten, claiming that he only hits on eights and up.

An earthquake, 8.9 on the Richter scale, hits Japan and causes a massive tsunami.

On a scale of 1 to 10, please rate your proficiency in the following languages.

Their siheyuans were far smaller in scale and simpler in design and decoration, and the hutongs were narrower.

Do you think 'noo good jobs for young people' is a local problem or is it a problem on a national scale?

a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level of something. How would you rate his work on a scale of 1 to 5? the relation between the real size of something and its size on a map, model, or diagram

A project’s size or scale is based on a varying set of criteria, the most common of which are duration and cost.

He needs a ladder.

Is this ladder strong enough to bear my weight?

I can’t go up the ladder. I hate heights.

I am buying a ladder in the hardware store.

Lately it's not so fashionable to measure success by how far you climb up the corporate ladder.

I went up to the roof by means of a ladder.

Don't climb that ladder - it's not secure.

Sometimes a ladder is a sign of bad luck.

Bill climbed the ladder of success until he became the president of the company.

If you walk under ladder, you'll have a bad luck.

You can access the bedrooms by the ladder.

Marius watched as Jondrette put a metal bar in the fire and inspected a rope ladder on the table.

It is extremely difficult for first-time buyers to get on the property ladder.

People are usually superstitious about the number 13 or about walking under a ladder.

The newest staff members get all the donkey work when they're at the bottom of the ladder.