Scale length
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- Length scaleLength scaleIn physics, length scale is a particular length or distance determined with the precision of one order of magnitude. The concept of length scale is particularly important because physical phenomena of different length scales cannot affect each other and are said to decouple...
, (or "scale length") - a significant concept in physics used to define the order of magnitude of a system - Scale heightScale heightIn various scientific contexts, a scale height is a distance over which a quantity decreases by a factor of e...
, (or "scale length") - a specific parameter in physics denoting the distance over which a quantity decreases by a factor of e - Scale (string instruments)Scale (string instruments)In stringed instruments, the scale length is the maximum vibrating length of the strings to produce sound. In the classical community, it may be called simply "string length" or less often "mensure." On instruments in which strings are not "stopped" or divided in length like for example the...
- a measurement of the length of a musical instrument string