open scale
noun
A set of graduations or a scale of values having either a wide range or no upper limit.
adjective
Having or relating to an open scale; specifically designating a barometer or thermometer whose tube is open at one end.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
- squeaker
- squeakily
- squeakiness
- squeaky
- squeaky clean
- squeal
- squealer
- squeal (or yell) like a stuck pig
- squeamish
- squeamishly
- squeamishness
- squee
- squeegee
- squeezable
- squeeze
- squeeze bottle
- squeeze box
- squeeze one's eyes shut (or closed)
- squeeze play
- squeezer
- squeeze someone until the pips squeak
- squeezy
- squelch
- squelch circuit
- squelcher