scaler
a person or thing that scales.
Also called counter, scaling circuit .Electronics. an electronic circuit devised to give a single pulse as output after a certain number of input pulses.
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How to use scaler in a sentence
"Thirteen thousand two hundred and forty," announced the scaler at last.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteAnd then suppose the scaler's sheets credit you with only a little over the four hundred thousand!
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteHe could do nothing without the report; and it was too far out to send for another scaler, even if Daly would have given him one.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteIn silence he thrust his beechwood tablets into his pocket, and picked his pliable scaler's rule from the corner.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteAn' it's partly the bosses, an' the cook, an' the scaler, an' the clerk.
Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps | James B. Hendryx
British Dictionary definitions for scaler
/ (ˈskeɪlə) /
a person or thing that scales
Also called: counter, scaling circuit an electronic device or circuit that aggregates electric pulses and gives a single output pulse for a predetermined number of input pulses
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