Chain and Scale

Chain

Chain noun - A series of things linked together.

Usage example: the chain of events that led the American colonies to seek independence from Great Britain

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

Nearby Words: chained, chainlet, chaining

Scale noun - A device for measuring weight.

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

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

human	human chain	human scale
old	old chain	old scale
full	full chain	full scale
long	long chain	long scale
Other adjectives: similar, normal, short, certain, single, small, actual, entire, massive, large, big, huge, evil, new, major, national, epic, different, local, evolutionary.

Later games would add a thin chain or scale mail shirt under the tunic, and in Twilight Princess he can get a full set of armor that renders him invincible at the cost of constantly draining his rupees.

Source: Armored Villains, Unarmored Heroes
Armored Core 4 jacks the Dakka scale Up to Eleven with hand-held, dual-wieldable chain guns.

Source: More Dakka
This magical version works on a much smaller scale, though, just about covering a single city, and can be survived given a rare chain of events.

Source: Fantastic Nuke

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