SCALE FACTOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A number used as a multiplier in scaling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("scale factor" is a kind of...):

multiplier; multiplier factor (the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scale factor"):

time-scale factor (the ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process)