Ordering
Scale
Scale noun - A scheme of rank or order.
Usage example: a student who scored very highly on a standard intelligence scale
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Ordering and scale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ordering" instead a noun "Scale".
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In the short-lived sequel series to Babylon 5, Crusade, Captain Gideon subverted the trope the first time it appeared by ordering that the sensors for the Excalibur be recalibrated so that the readings were back on the scale.
Source: Readings Are Off the Scale -
What an Idiot: Roland decides to restore order on Kentares 4 by ordering large-scale massacres of civilians who may or may not be involved in resistance to the Steiner occupation.
Source: Video Game / MechWarrior -
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Plenty of examples, but special mention should go to Logen ordering Black Drow to negotiate with Scale and Calder instead of fighting them.
Source: Literature / The First Law
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Scale and Ordering. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ordering/scale
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