rank scale
noun Linguistics.
(in systemic linguistics) a hierarchical ordering of grammatical units such that a unit of a given rank normally consists of units of the next lower rank, as, in English, the ordering sentence, clause, group or phrase, word, morpheme.
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Words nearby rank scale
ranking, ranking member, Rankin, Jeanette, rankism, rankle, rank scale, rankshift, ransack, ransom, Ransome, ransomware
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