to-scale
adj1
with a uniform reduction or enlargement in each dimension
Of a drawing or a model
- A site plan is a to-scale drawing.
- Draw a three-dimensional, to-scale picture of the item you explored.
- Related terms
- not-to-scale
to scale
prep_phrasealso spelled to-scale1
Drawn, designed or constructed such that each dimension has the same proportion to the original.
- The one-metre-long model of the Bismarck was built exactly to scale, with moving turrets.
- Maps of the solar system are often not drawn to scale due to the vast distances between the planets.