scaler

[ skey-ler ]

noun

1. a person or thing that scales.
2. Also called counter,. Electronics. an electronic circuit devised to give a single pulse as output after a certain number of input pulses.

scaler

/ ˈskeɪlə /

noun

1. a person or thing that scales
2. Also calledcounterscaling circuit an electronic device or circuit that aggregates electric pulses and gives a single output pulse for a predetermined number of input pulses

Word History and Origins

Origin of scaler¹

First recorded in 1605–15; scale ¹, scale ³ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

"Thirteen thousand two hundred and forty," announced the scaler at last.

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And then suppose the scaler's sheets credit you with only a little over the four hundred thousand!

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He could do nothing without the report; and it was too far out to send for another scaler, even if Daly would have given him one.

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In silence he thrust his beechwood tablets into his pocket, and picked his pliable scaler's rule from the corner.

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An' it's partly the bosses, an' the cook, an' the scaler, an' the clerk.

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