Definitions for scales
scales

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. scalesnoun

   A device for weighing goods for sale.

   The butcher put the sausages on the scales.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scalesnoun

   Plural noun of the word scale.

   The weighing scales are pink and she uses them once a week to check her body weight. The fish has scales all over its body.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 27, 2016  

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1. scales

   Song lyrics by scales -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by scales on the Lyrics.com website.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scales

   broad flattened hairs, forming the wing vestiture of Lepidoptera, and present in various other insects.

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1. SCALES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Scales is ranked #2732 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Scales surname appeared 13,190 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Scales.
   
   55.4% or 7,314 total occurrences were Black.
   38% or 5,024 total occurrences were White.
   3.5% or 472 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.1% or 282 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.4% or 54 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 44 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

How to pronounce scales?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say scales in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of scales in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of scales in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of scales in a Sentence

1. Danielle Hale:

   Despite the huge shifts in market momentum, home sellers can count on the usual seasonal trends tipping the scales a bit further in their favor while home shoppers should expect a fair amount of competition that should ease as we move later into the year.

2. Andrew Tangborn:

   This is similar to how weather forecasts are produced, but we are working with much longer time scales.

3. Vasily Nebenzya:

   The deployment of Russian troops within our own territory has frequently occurred on varying scales before and has not caused any hysterics whatsoever, the discussions about a threat of war is provocative in it of itself.

4. Gavin Naylor:

   As you can imagine,( the) same with any mammals, juveniles aren't as experienced. They don't have as much pattern recognition skills as adults, we suspect strongly that it's the juveniles and their judgment and discernment between what is somebody's foot and what's a flash of a bony fish's scales.

5. Cory Booker:

   Do I support legislation that is race-conscious about balancing the economic scales ? Not only do I support it, but I have legislation that actually does it.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Scales
2. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=scales
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html