Scales
proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
A surname.
proper noun
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A surname.
Both Bobba and Coristine are listed in internal OPM records reviewed by WIRED as “experts” at OPM, reporting directly to Amanda Scales, its new chief of staff. Scales previously worked on talent for xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence company, and as part of Uber’s talent acquisition team, per LinkedIn.
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An unincorporated community in Sierra County, California, United States.
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A small village in Aldingham parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2772).
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A hamlet in Kirkoswald parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5743).
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A hamlet in Threlkeld parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY3426).
Etymology
From Old Norse skáli (“shed, hut”). Doublet of Scholes.
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The constellation and zodiacal sign Libra.
The scales should be uneven, the northern exalted, the southern depressed.
The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that carries the Water-pot, And Fish with glittering scales.
For they are so easy to recall if you do it in associated pairs—like the Maid and the Twins, the Bull and the Rain, the Fishes and the Scales.
But the original figure was not forgotten: MUL.APIN still listed Libra as ‘The Scales, the horn of the Scorpion’[.]
Etymology
Plural of scale.