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subscale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
sub-scale
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subdivision of a scale.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English subscale From sub- + scale.

Inflected Forms

subscales (plural) sub-scale (alternative)

Questions

What does subscale mean?
A subdivision of a scale.
Where does subscale come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English subscale From sub- + scale.

How to pronounce subscale

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