[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scale \scale\, v. t. imp.  p. p. scaled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   scaling.
   to weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also,
   to grade or vary according to a scale or system.
   1913 webster

         scaling his present bearing with his past. --shak.
   1913 webster

   to scale a debt, wages, etc. or to scale down a debt,
   wages, etc., to reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed
      ratio or scale. u.s.
      1913 webster
see also:
scaled scaling to scale a debt, wages, etc. to scale down a debt, wages, etc. 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scaling \scal"ing\ sk=al"i^ng, a.
   1. adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling
      knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of
      a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.
      1913 webster

   2. serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder,
      used in assaulting a fortified place.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

scaling
     n 1: the act of arranging in a graduated series syn: grading
     2: act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a
        scale
     3: ascent by or as if by a ladder
see also:
grading 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 moby thesaurus words for "scaling":
   air attack, air raid, air strike, boarding, breakup, crack-up,
   diffusion, disintegration, dispersal, disruption, dissolution,
   escalade, exfoliation, fire raid, foray, fragmentation, incursion,
   inroad, invasion, irruption, raid, razzia, revolution,
   saturation raid, scattering, shattering, shuttle raid

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