rescale

[ ree-skeyl ]

verb (used with object)

, re·scaled, re·scal·ing.

1. to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:

   to rescale a budget.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rescale¹

First recorded in 1940–45; re- + scale ³

Example Sentences

Yet the way the show rescaled the dimensions of a headlining festival gig felt like a radical provocation.

From Los Angeles Times

The Edit button will take you to a fairly useful app that lets you perform such basic tasks as cropping and rotating, rescaling, annotating, or tweaking the lighting.

From The Verge

In Dr. Tao’s rescaling, a $100 million line item in the budget became equivalent to a $3 expenditure for the family.

From New York Times

Some projects had to be rescaled, due to pandemic complications on shipping, with some architects sending plans for Italian artisans to construct projects out of locally sourced materials.

From Seattle Times

It was a cliff they had been confident they could quickly rescale — perhaps overconfident.

From Los Angeles Times