Sentence examples for scale line up from inspiring English sources

If your model has this wheel, push it until the zeroes on the sliding scale and fixed scale line up, then skip ahead to reading the measurement.

For example, the 7 on the sliding scale lines up with the 5mm mark on the fixed scale.

Move the sliding scale until it is further right than the fixed scale, then line up the 7 with the next fixed-scale mark: 7mm.

The black scales look great, but show up footprints really easily You use the bars running across the scales to line up your feet The scales have a rechargeable battery that lasts for up to a year The weather forecasts are a bit hit and miss PWV needs five weigh-ins before it will set a baseline The Withings Body Cardio comes in either black or white, costing £140.

If the sliding scale's 0 is to the right of the fixed scale's 0, read the measurement on the fixed scale that lines up with the sliding scale's 0. This is a positive zero error, so write this down with a + sign.

Read the value on the fixed scale that lines up with the sliding scale's 0. Subtract the amount of distance moved from the value you just read.

Determine which division line on the vernier scale best lines up with a division on the bar scale.

Then, we'd line up at the scale and weigh ourselves before starting to shop.

"Line up! Line up for murder!

"Line up, boys!

They'd line up.