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full-scale en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a model or replica) Of the same size, scale, or proportions as an original object.
    • The museum has a full-scale replica of a Viking ship.
  2. (not-comparable) Thorough; complete; not lacking in any detail.
    • Perhaps Mr Putin is planning a full-scale invasion, with Russian forces thrusting deep into Ukraine to seize the capital, Kyiv, and overthrow the government. 2022 January 29, “A war in Ukraine could have global consequences”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
    • Most ship-to-ship engagements are skirmishes between patrol vessels of cruiser weight and below, with dreadnoughts and carriers only deployed in full-scale fleet actions. Battles in open space are short and often inconclusive, as the weaker opponent generally disengages. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Space Combat Codex entry:
    • Sunday, November 6, was spent in a second full-scale dress rehearsal of the complete weekday electric timetable, […] during which the public were invited to make their first trial of the trains—and 15,000 did so. 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 712:
    • The business consultants performed a full-scale analysis of current market conditions.

Translations (17)

bg пълен (thorough) · bg изчерпателен (thorough) · fr à grande échelle (thorough) · uk повномасшта́бний (thorough) · ru исче́рпывающий (thorough) · cmn 全面 (thorough) · fr général (thorough) · be поўнамашта́бны (thorough) · pl pełnoskalowy (thorough) · ru по́лный (thorough) · it in piena regola (thorough) · fr complet (thorough) · sv fullskalig (thorough) · es a plena escala (thorough) · es a gran escala (thorough) · fr total (thorough) · ru полномасшта́бный (thorough)