scale

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Term: scale
Definition:

the ratio between geometric lengths of a model and geometric lengths of a full-scale prototype.

Examples: The wind tunnel building model was a 1:100 scale representation of the full scale structure.
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Created 2016.05.26
Last Modified 2023.03.27
Contributed by Shein Kim
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