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SCALE FACTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scale factor mean?
• SCALE FACTOR (noun)
The noun SCALE FACTOR has 1 sense:
1. a number used as a multiplier in scaling
Familiarity information: SCALE FACTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A number used as a multiplier in scaling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("scale factor" is a kind of...):
multiplier; multiplier factor (the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scale factor"):
time-scale factor (the ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process)
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