Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unscale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-scale
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove scales from (a fish or snake).

Transitive verb

verb

To undo a scaling transform upon.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[an eagle] purging and unscaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance"
"Because OpenGL ES does not understand such a format, the vertex shader will then need to apply a matrix to unscale these values, which affects the vertex shading performance."

Etymology

From un- + scale.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unscales (present, singular) unscaling (participle, present) unscaled (participle, past) unscaled (past)

Frequently Paired Words

descaler scaler bone debone unbone skin deskin

Synonyms

scale descale

Questions

What does unscale mean?: To remove scales from (a fish or snake).
Where does unscale come from?: From un- + scale.

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