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    "purpose": "Let an agent handle scale ratios by notation, conversion and domain conventions, including map and modelling scales.",
    "definition": "The ratio between the size of a representation and the size of the thing represented, as in maps, architectural drawings and scale models, such as 1:100 or model railway scales like H0 (1:87).",
    "what_it_is_for": "Representing large or small things at a usable size.",
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      "read map scales",
      "match model scales"
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      "Large scale means more detail on maps",
      "Domain-specific conventions",
      "Musical and weighing scales are other senses"
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      "Scale bars",
      "Named model scales such as H0 or N"
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      "architectural and engineering drawing scales",
      "model scales such as railway gauges",
      "non-linear scales such as square root scales"
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      "Scaling errors after printing or resizing",
      "Mixing model scales"
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Misstate the scale of a map used for navigation or boundaries.",
        "Present scaled models as full-size in marketing."
      ],
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        "Using measurements from a scaled drawing for construction or legal boundaries."
      ]
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        "Scale errors in plans can cause structural or boundary disputes.",
        "Misleading scale in visuals can deceive buyers."
      ],
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        "Builders and owners",
        "Map users",
        "Buyers"
      ]
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      "master_systems": []
    }
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      "title": "Wikidata item Q10858537: scale",
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        "description": "Which scale.",
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                    "text": "What is the scale ratio?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Is it stated or shown by a bar?",
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                    "text": "What real size corresponds to this measured size?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Is the drawing printed at true scale?",
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        "description": "Map scales.",
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            "description": "Large vs small scale.",
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                    "text": "Is this a large- or small-scale map?",
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                    "text": "What detail can it show?",
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                  }
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              {
                "id": "distortion-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "Does scale vary across the map projection?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Where is it true?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
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            "description": "H0, N, OO.",
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                    "text": "Which named scale is this model?",
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                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
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              }
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            "description": "Mixing.",
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                "id": "compatibility-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "Are these models compatible in scale and gauge?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which standard applies?",
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                  }
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                    "text": "Is a musical scale, a weighing scale or fish scales meant?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
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                  }
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              }
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            "description": "Log and root scales.",
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              {
                "id": "nonlinear-finding",
                "name": "Nonlinear",
                "description": "Non-linear scales.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is a non-linear chart scale meant?",
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                  },
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                    "text": "How should it be read?",
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    "Should model scales be separate entries?",
    "How should non-linear scales be split off?",
    "How should other senses be split off?"
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