Before revision: As such, it is related in principle 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: As such, this usage of the term is related in principle 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.).