scale_of attribute acronym entity Measurement of the amount of time it takes for a viscometer stirrer to fall a set distance through an aqueous gel created using groat flour. This indirectly measures the alpha amylase content of the groat, which becomes more abundant in grains that have suffered pre-harvest sprouting. An increase in alpha amylase in groat flour, along with other hydrolytic enzymes that are associated with pre-harvest sprouting, reduces the quality of the flour. Groat flour falling number determination method_of variable_of