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Definition of Scale down
1. Verb. Reduce proportionally. "The model is scaled down"
2. Verb. Make smaller. "Reduce an image"
Generic synonyms: Reduce, Shrink
Antonyms: Blow Up
Derivative terms: Reducible, Reduction
Definition of Scale down
1. Verb. To reduce the size of something whilst maintaining proportion ¹
2. Verb. To reduce the cost of a process, or the amount spent on something ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scale Down
Literary usage of Scale down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1893)
"just proportion of what remains at the final winding up of the institution.1 Sometimes
the courts will scale down the deposits, and authorize an insolvent ..."
2. New American Music Reader by Frederick Zuchtmann (1903)
"P. sing: il в t 7654 mr T. "That was the scale down. Sing the scale down. ... P.
"The scale down." d1 6 7 8 lo lolo lo lo lo lo lo T. Sing the scale down ..."
3. New American Music Reader by Frederick Zuchtmann (1903)
"Sing the scale down." P. sing. T. " Who can sing the line, " A-gath'ring honey
... P. "The scale down." 4 5 lt 6 7 lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo T. Sing the scale ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1908)
"By reason of its embarrassment the company found it expedient to scale down its
bonded indebtedness and secure a new franchise from the city, ..."
5. Hot In-place Recycling of Asphalt Concrete by Joe W. Button, Dallas N. Little, Cindy K. Estakhri (1994)
"If it was unsuccessful, the center would scale down in years 7 and 8. ...
Support would scale down in years l0 and Il by about 20% per year. ..."
6. The History of Statistics: Their Development and Progress in Many Countries by John Koren, American Statistical Association (1918)
"... and that in the face of unchanging conditions, he may continue to scale down,
or to scale up his own estimates from year to year. ..."
7. The History of Statistics, Their Development and Progress in Many Countries by John Koren, American Statistical Association (1918)
"Even if it be assumed that there is this temperamental bias on the part of
individual reporters, in some cases to scale up and in other cases to scale down, ..."
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