scalebound

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adjective

Of an object: for which characteristic elements of scale, such as length and width, are few in number and each with a clearly distinct size.

Opposite
scaling
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Meanings

adjectivescalebound (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegeometryOf an object: for which characteristic elements of scale, such as length and width, are few in number and each with a clearly distinct size.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
scaling

Origin

From scale + bound, coined by the mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot in a 1981 paper.

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APA

scalebound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scalebound

MLA

“scalebound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scalebound. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scalebound,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scalebound.

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