• IPA: /ˈskeɪlɪŋ/

1. Present participle and gerund of scale

scaling

1. The act of one who scales or climbs.
   • 1909, Swami Rama Tirtha, In Woods of God-realization: The pole star within, 7th edition:

     The daring adventures of the American people in their scalings of the Alps and the Rocky mountains and in their swimmings across the Niagara rapids […]

2. The removing of the scales of fish.
3. The formation of a layer of scale on a surface.
4. The removal of a layer of scale from a surface.
5. The measurement of dimensions using a scale.
6. The process of adjusting raw measurement data to fit an expected distribution, such fitting examination results to a normal distribution.
7. (mathematics, physics) The expression of the terms of an equation using powers of nondimensional quantities.
8. The process of adjusting sights to a ship's guns.