Squama: alternatives and connections

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either…

The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relativ…

The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigra…

Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale.

A shred; a fragment; a strip of wood.

The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A…

A loose end; a dangling shred.

The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and end…

A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to…

The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon.

A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot o…

The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.

The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F /) is a tone intermediate between F and G.

Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermom…

A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.

A fragment; a shred; a small piece.