Dial and Scale

Dial

Dial noun - The circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments.

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Scale and dial are semantically related in device for measuring topic. In some cases you can use "Scale" instead a noun "Dial".

Nearby Words: dialed, dialled, dialing, dialling, dialler

Scale noun - A device for measuring weight.

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Dial and scale are semantically related in device for measuring topic. Sometimes you can use "Dial" instead a noun "Scale".

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

mountain	dial mountain	scale mountain
time	dial time	scale time
way	dial way	scale way
bit	dial bit	scale bit
Other words: distance, gate, damage.

Later sources dial down the power of glassing a bit: the Covenant don't actually have the ability to 100% glass an entire planet and wage a large-scale war at the same time.

Source: Apocalypse How / Class 5
Fanworks tend to dial down the scale of what she does, resulting in this trope.

Source: Memetic Troll

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