"unscale" meaning in English

See unscale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unscales [present, singular, third-person], unscaling [participle, present], unscaled [participle, past], unscaled [past]
Etymology: From un- + scale. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|scale}} un- + scale Head templates: {{en-verb}} unscale (third-person singular simple present unscales, present participle unscaling, simple past and past participle unscaled)
  1. (transitive) To remove scales from (a fish or snake). Tags: transitive Synonyms: scale#Verb, descale
    Sense id: en-unscale-en-verb-1kFeiCsE Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 53 47
  2. (transitive, programming) To undo a scaling transform upon. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-unscale-en-verb-fz30UH1l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: descaler, scaler

Inflected forms

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