Before revision: This usage of the term "scale" is related to cognate terms in mathematics (e.g., geometric scaling, the linear transformation that enlarges or shrinks objects, and scale parameters in probability theory), in physics (to refer to a system of general size categories), and in applied areas (e.g., in the scaling of images in architecture and engineering, cartography, etc.).
After revision: Use of the term "scale" is related to cognate terms in mathematics (e.g., geometric scaling, the linear transformation that enlarges or shrinks objects, , scale parameters in probability theory), unrelated to the concept of weighing; rather it is and in applied areas (e.g., in the scaling of images in architecture and engineering, cartography, etc.).