scaler

[ skey-ler ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that scales.

  2. Also called counter, scaling circuit .Electronics. an electronic circuit devised to give a single pulse as output after a certain number of input pulses.

Origin of scaler

1
First recorded in 1605–15; scale1, scale3 + -er1

Words Nearby scaler

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How to use scaler in a sentence

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

    Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
  • And then suppose the scaler's sheets credit you with only a little over the four hundred thousand!

    Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
  • 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.

    Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
  • In silence he thrust his beechwood tablets into his pocket, and picked his pliable scaler's rule from the corner.

    Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
  • An' it's partly the bosses, an' the cook, an' the scaler, an' the clerk.

British Dictionary definitions for scaler

scaler

/ (ˈskeɪlə) /


noun
  1. a person or thing that scales

  2. Also called: counter, scaling circuit an electronic device or circuit that aggregates electric pulses and gives a single output pulse for a predetermined number of input pulses

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