scaling

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of scale

plural scalings

1. countableuncountableThe act of one who scales or climbs.

   The daring adventures of the American people in their scalings of the Alps and the Rocky mountains and in their swimmings across the Niagara rapids […]

   1909, Swami Rama Tirtha, In Woods of God-realization: The pole star within, 7th edition

2. countableuncountableThe removing of the scales of fish.
3. countableuncountableThe formation of a layer of scale on a surface.
4. countableuncountableThe removal of a layer of scale from a surface.
5. countableuncountableThe measurement of dimensions using a scale.
6. countableuncountableThe process of adjusting raw measurement data to fit an expected distribution, such fitting examination results to a normal distribution.
7. countableuncountablemathematicsThe expression of the terms of an equation using powers of nondimensional quantities.
8. countableuncountableThe process of adjusting sights to a ship's guns.