"reducing scale" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reducing scales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reducing scale (plural reducing scales)
  1. A scale used by surveyors for reducing chains and links to acres and rods.
    Sense id: en-reducing_scale-en-noun-rqlo5Ni4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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