scaler
noun
scaler is a noun meaning “An electronic circuit that aggregates many signals into one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-C-A-L-E-R, and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of scaler is scalers.
What does scaler mean?
noun
- 1
An electronic circuit that aggregates many signals into one.
- 2
An electronic or computer system that adjusts the size of a signal or graphic to fit on a screen etc.
- 3
One who scales.
The explorer was renowned as a scaler of the world's tallest mountains.
- 4
A tool or device for scaling fish.
- 5
A dentistry tool with two hooks.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce scaler?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-scaler.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scaler
- scalers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is scaler?
Scaler appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does scaler come from?
From scale + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).