Word

scale of measurement, n.

an ordered reference standard
<noun.relation> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10

graduated table ordered series scale scale of measurement

sample sentences

"judging on a scale of 1 to 10"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

standard, criterion, measure, touchstone

hyponym

Beaufort scale, wind scale index logarithmic scale Mercalli scale Mohs scale Richter scale moment magnitude scale temperature scale wage scale, wage schedule