---
title: "LanguageScale"
description: "a name and two or more poles, counted over a group's own writing by month; aggregate-only by rule"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/languagescale
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# LanguageScale

a name and two or more poles, counted over a group's own writing by month; aggregate-only by rule

[figure: LanguageScale is a definition at follows scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | definition |
| scope | follows |
| key | its name |
| store | postgres |
| family | rules_engine |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `poles` | [Pole](/concepts/pole) | yes |  |
| `aggregate_only` | `bool` | yes | always true |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns LanguageScale directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.