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Scaling
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Scaling
How the characteristics of an object change as you change the size of your measuring device. For a three dimensional object, it could be the volume of an object covered as you increase the radius of a covering sphere. In a times series, it could be the change in the amplitude of the time series as you increase the increment of time.
Scaling
The change in size of a measurable object accomplished when one of its dimensions is enlarged or shrunk. For example, given a rectangle, if one changes the length and/or width, this will by definition change the measure of its area.
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Complete debridement of the hard tissues using ultrasonics and hand scaling.
First phase nonsurgical laser periodontal treatment: a case study by Raffetto, Nora / Access
Memories included fighting my way out of mosquito-netted dormitory bunk bed and hand scaling what felt like ancient two-foot-thick calculus on a grandmother with only two teeth left (she wanted one on the top and one on the bottom to chew her corn tortillas).
Do we make a difference? by Kittle, Donna / Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene
PDS specializes in a anesthesia-free technique of dental cleaning where hygienists clean animals' teeth just like humans' teeth - gently hand scaling both the inside and outside surfaces, with pets completely awake.
DOGS, CATS NEED CLEAN TEETH by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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