industrial scale

collocation in English

meaningsofindustrialandscale

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industrial
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/us
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/
in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and ...
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scale
noun
uk
/skeɪl/us
/skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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(Definition ofindustrialandscalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the years that followed, the knowledge of whelk-dyeing processes on anindustrialscalewas completely lost.
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Not all of these goods and services are being extracted on anindustrialscale, nor do these goods and services have a significant impact on the economy.
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We estimate that a ton of firewood is equivalent to 0.68 tons of coal in the village facility and 0.94 tons of coal in theindustrialscalefacility.
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They are fishing herring on anindustrialscale, paying no attention to quotas.
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This test can be developed on anindustrialscalevery quickly.
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Further work is required to demonstrate it on anindustrialscale.
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The pies are produced on anindustrialscaleand not as an artisan-based baking industry.
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It may be said that, in general, when men reach the age of 21 they come into the ordinaryindustrialscale.
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Is wind power on anindustrialscalewhat we need to counter global warming?
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I am sure that there is something to be found from wind power, but on the domestic rather than theindustrialscale.
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But the state intercepts communications on anindustrialscale, and has been doing so since the second world war and earlier.
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Based on the size of world markets, "industrialscale" could range from 1 million tonnes a year to something very much smaller.
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