scaling

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However, if we imagine the size of a FW panel remaining fixed at, say, one whole note (always the same note, haha), then this scaling is actually great

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  1. The process of removing incrustations of salt and other foreign matters from the inner surface of boilers.
  2. In metal-working, the first process in making tin-plate, in which the plates are placed in a bath of dilute muriatic acid and then heated in a scaling-furnace to remove the scale.
  3. The act or process of removing the scales of fish.
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  • And they said scaling, which is the build up of minerals inside of pipes. —  Janine Benyus shares nature's designs
  • So if we had some way to stop this scaling -- and so I picked up some shells on the beach. —  Janine Benyus shares nature's designs
  • So in baking we call it scaling -- weighing out the ingredients. —  Peter Reinhart on bread
  • Garcia says, “If, when your voice is well oiled [that is what he calls the scaling process], you are not intelligent enough to sing a song by yourself, then you had better knit stockings for the poor Then,” I answered, “I had better begin at once to learn to knit stockings Not quite yet!” he laughed. —  In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875
  • However, if we imagine the size of a FW panel remaining fixed at, say, one whole note (always the same note, haha), then this scaling is actually great —  The Comics Curmudgeon
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