scale factor

Definitions of scale factor
  1. noun
    a number used as a multiplier in scaling
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    time-scale factor
    the ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process
    type of:
    multiplier, multiplier factor
    the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied
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