scaler

American  

[skay-ler] / ˈskeɪ lər /

noun

1. a person or thing that scales.

2. Also called scaling circuit, counter. Electronics. an electronic circuit devised to give a single pulse as output after a certain number of input pulses.

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scaler British  

/ ˈskeɪlə /

noun

1. a person or thing that scales

2. 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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Etymology

Origin of scaler

First recorded in 1605–15; scale ¹, scale ³ + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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scaler

The common man just grins and bears the metal scaler scraping his teeth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

A dental scaler, that hook-ended metal tool a dentist uses to chip away plaque, makes the exact same sound against a stegosaurus femur that it does on a human tooth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

As I lay in the dentist’s chair while the hygienist scraped each tooth with a steel scaler, I wept, silently and irrepressibly, under a pair of oversized goggles.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022

Barred access to my nerves by anesthetics, the scrape of the scaler found acoustic paths up the sides of my head.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2021

Hubbard, of Minnesota, appointed A. L. Hospes surveyor general, and the appointment creating some dissatisfaction, a lumberman's board of exchange was organized, and Judson McKusick was appointed as private scaler.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by William Henry Carman Folsom

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