graduation (marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval) · the process of creating such markings · encoding of a sound or image producing a digital signal of which one may use a greater or lesser part corresponding to better or worse quality
scale (ordered numerical sequence used for measurement)
çekim: çoğul asteikot · tamlayan asteikon
köken: aste (“stage, step; degree”) + -ikko. First attested in Frans Ferdinand Ahlman: Ruotsalais-suomalainen ja suomalais-ruotsalainen sanakirja ("Swedish-Finnish and Finnish-Swedish Dictionary", 2nd edition, 1883-1884).