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# naturalScale

```
static var naturalScale: MeasurementFormatter.UnitOptions { get }
```

## Discussion

Specifies that representations of measurements are reduced and converted into a more convenient unit, when possible. For example, a quantity of 12000 meters would be represented as `12 kilometers`.

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