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industrial scale

industrial scale noun: the large size or amount characteristic of industrial processes.

Noun

industrial scale (plural industrial scales)

  1. The large size or amount characteristic of industrial processes.
  2. (attributive, colloquial, often) Largeness.
    • “He was always unfit for office. He has been responsible for lies, scandal and fraud on an industrial scale,” Mr. Starmer wrote in a letter posted to his Twitter account.2022 July 7, Mark Landler, Megan Specia, Stephen Castle, quoting Keir Starmer, “Boris Johnson Will Resign as His Party’s Leader”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of industrial scale

pluralindustrial scales

Questions about industrial scale

What does industrial scale mean?
Industrial scale means the large size or amount characteristic of industrial processes.
What part of speech is industrial scale?
Industrial scale is a noun.
What is the plural of industrial scale?
The plural of industrial scale is industrial scales.

Words near industrial scale in the dictionary

  1. industrial qualities
  2. industrial quality
  3. industrial relations
  4. Industrial Revolution
  5. industrial rock
  6. industrial scale
  7. industrial scales
  8. industrial school
  9. industrial schools
  10. industrial store
  11. industrial stores

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