Scale Of Measurement (Noun)
Meaning
An ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to 10".
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The teacher asked the students to rate the difficulty of the math problem on a scale of measurement from 1 to 10.
- To evaluate the earthquake's magnitude, seismologists use the Richter scale of measurement, which is logarithmic in nature.
- In music, the twelve-tone equal temperament is a scale of measurement that divides the octave into twelve equal semitones.
- The company used a 5-point Likert scale of measurement to gauge customer satisfaction with their new product.
- Researchers used a scale of measurement to quantify the severity of the disease in the experimental group versus the control group.