Relative and Scale

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Relative noun - A person connected with another by blood or marriage.

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

Scale noun - A device for measuring weight.

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

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

old	old relative	old scale
normal	normal relative	normal scale
short	short relative	short scale
single	single relative	single scale
Other adjectives: small, actual, large, enormous, smaller, different, evolutionary.

Due to having more rigorous design control, most of the metal minis are in scale to each other in terms of relative mass and volume, even if that scale is a little nonsensical overall due to Hollywood Density.

Source: Not Drawn to Scale
This should solve the problem of depicting distance to the sun, but here the Bajoran sun appears to be no more than the same scale as its own model relative to the ships flying close to it, instead of the model successfully conveying a far off distance with perspective.

Source: Sci Fi Writers Have / No Sense Of Distance
Indy Escape: Invoked by the Gotham bridge seesaw mechanism, which has the Batmobile outrunning a gigantic (relative to its scale) pinball.

Source: Pinball / Batman (Stern)

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