Scales

British  

/ skeɪlz /

noun

1. the constellation Libra, the seventh sign of the zodiac

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Example Sentences

Electric vehicles are pricier than gasoline-powered cars and charging them isn’t cheap with current electricity prices, but sky-high gas prices can tip the scales for consumers deciding which kind of vehicle to buy next.

From Los Angeles Times

This component is responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe on the largest scales.

From Science Daily

The predicted deviations appear both at extremely small distances and at very large cosmic scales.

From Science Daily

"In between, for example when it comes to the Earth's orbit around the Sun, there is practically no difference. But on very large cosmological scales -- precisely where major puzzles of general relativity remain unsolved -- there is a clear difference between the particle trajectories predicted by the q-desic equation and those obtained from unquantized general relativity," says Benjamin Koch.

From Science Daily

"At first I would not have expected quantum corrections on large scales to produce such dramatic changes," says Benjamin Koch.

From Science Daily