scale down

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Verb	1.	scale down - reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down" proportion - adjust in size relative to other things rescale - establish on a new scale scale up - increase proportionally; "scale up the model"
	2.	scale down - make smaller; "reduce an image" reduce shrink, reduce - reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

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vt sep (lit) → verkleinern; (fig) → verringern; a sort of scaled-down Parthenon → eine Art Parthenon im Kleinformat

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