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单词 scaler
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scalern.1

Etymology: < scale n.1 + -er suffix1.
Obsolete.
A manufacturer of scales.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of weighing or measuring instruments
scaler1415
balance-maker1611
rule-maker1718
pedometrician1827
1415 in York Myst. Introd. p. xxiii Cuttellers..Blade~smyth..Shethers..Scalers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

scalern.2

Brit. /ˈskeɪlə/, U.S. /ˈskeɪlər/
Etymology: < scale v.2 + -er suffix1.
1. One who removes scales or scale from fish, boilers, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of seafood > [noun] > scaler of fish
scaler1611
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning other miscellaneous things > [noun] > removal of fur, scale, etc. > one who
scaler1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Escailleur, a skaler, piller, shaler of.
1729 W. Rutty Tin-plates in Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 635 This..is kept as much a Secret by the Blancher, as the acid eroding Menstruum is by the Scaler.
1892 Eastern Morning News (Hull) 1 June 4/8 Henry Toyne, boiler scaler.
2. An instrument for removing scales or scale.
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the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > other dental equipment
explorer1844
plate1845
rose head1847
plugging forceps1861
plugger1862
rubber dam1865
finger mirror1867
nerve instrument1867
hoe1875
saliva extractor1877
thimble1877
finger-tray1878
scaler1881
matrix1883
saliva ejectora1884
sickle scaler1930
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of seafood > [noun] > scaler of fish > instrument for removing scales
scaler1881
1881 Coleman Dental Surg. & Pathol. xvi. 290 A..removal of all salivary deposition from the exposed fangs of the teeth..can only be effected by very narrow sharp scalers.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 782/2 Scaler, a dentist's tool for removing scale or tartar from teeth.
1891 Cent. Dict. Scaler, an instrument resembling a currycomb and usually made of tin, used for removing scales from fish.
3. Australian and New Zealand slang. (See quots.)
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1924 Truth (Sydney) 27 Apr. 6 Scaler, a fraud.
c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 5 (title) The Scaler... He waits until his dues are due, The bloke who does a scale.
1932 C. Wills Rhymes of Sydney (1933) 13 See the shoppers, toppers, tabs, Scalers by the score, Hopping off, Dropping off, Darting into shore.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. v. 106 A scaler is a person who rides in a vehicle without paying, or one who decamps with money with which he has been entrusted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scalern.3

Brit. /ˈskeɪlə/, U.S. /ˈskeɪlər/
Etymology: < scale v.3 + -er suffix1.
1. One who scales a wall or a mountain.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > climbing or scaling > one who or that which
climber1423
scaler1569
upclimber1878
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 525 Martyn Godfrey called the scaler.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Escalador A scaler, a pilferer, Scalarum conscensor.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xvii. xxxi. 301 Brimarte the scaler [It. espugnator de le città].
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 99 Upon the Top they have piled spiked Timber to annoy the Scalers.
1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 315 Jove hates the old scalers of heaven's walls.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 461 Nose-bleeding..which befell the first scalers of Mont-Blanc.
2. Lumber-trade. One who scales or measures logs.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > tree-crop > timber measurer
scaler1887
lumber-scaler1896
1887 Contemp. Rev. May 762 Each district is supplied with its Corps of State inspectors, ‘scalers’, &c.
1893 Scribner's Mag. June 710/1 The logs..measured by the quick-witted scaler.
3. One who uses a scale in surveying.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor > using specific instruments
leveller1834
scaler1840
transit man1857
plane-tabler1878
tape-man1900
1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 406/1 By allowing two young hands to figure for each scaler, they check one another.
4. An electronic pulse-counter, suitable for high count-rates, in which a display or recording device is actuated after a fixed number of pulses has been received and added electronically.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > counting circuit
ring circuit1879
ring counter1942
scaler1945
ring scaler1949
prescaler1954
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > electronic instruments > [noun] > scaler or pulse counter
scale of (two, etc.)1932
scaler1945
pulse counter1963
1945 H. D. Smyth Gen. Acct. Devel. Atomic Energy Mil. Purposes 140 The scaler was set at zero.
1953 Sci. Amer. Mar. 105/3 As a series of pulses flows into the scaler a voltage builds up step by step... When the cut off point is reached, the tube begins to conduct and the condenser discharges, sending a single pulse from the tube's output.
1964 Analyt. Chem. 36 2221/1 Development of the pipping scaler was stimulated by..experimental work in which it was necessary to determine time vs. concentration curves having a duration of a second or less.
1977 N. Freeling Gadget ii. 87 That's a PM—sorry, photo~multiplier tube... Sends signals here, to the amplifier, through here, that's the discriminator, to here, the scaler.
1980 J. W. Hill Intermediate Physics xxiii. 220 These are connected to about 400V obtained usually from a scaler, a piece of electronic apparatus which can count very rapidly using either ‘dekatrons’ or a digital display.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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