Adjustment and Scale

Adjustment

Adjustment noun - The act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation.

Show all Definitions

Scale and adjustment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scale" instead a noun "Adjustment".

Scale noun - A device for measuring weight.

Show all Definitions

Adjustment and scale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adjustment" instead a noun "Scale".

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

good	good adjustment	good scale
low	low adjustment	low scale
mass	mass adjustment	mass scale
difficulty	difficulty adjustment	difficulty scale
Other adjectives: simple, small, social, moral, minor, basic, strategic.

DDR X made a well-needed adjustment to the difficulty scale by re-rating every chart on a scale that goes up to 20.

Source: Sequel Escalation
This is due to an adjustment to the original scale to a more precise division.

Source: Ludicrous Precision
In Justice League Unlimited, an egregious case occurs in the second AMAZO episode, where the android, on an interstellar journey to Earth, destroys Oa —or rather, teleports it out of the way— rather than make what is, given the scale involved, a ridiculously minor course adjustment.

Source: Sci Fi Writers Have / No Sense Of Distance

Cite this Source

Scale and Adjustment. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adjustment/scale

Adjustment & Scale. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/adjustment/scale>.

Scale or Adjustment. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/adjustment/scale.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "adjustment" and "scale" have occurred on timeline