"gigafactory" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gigafactories [plural]
Etymology: giga- + factory; coined by Elon Musk's Tesla Motors in 2013. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|giga|factory}} giga- + factory Head templates: {{en-noun}} gigafactory (plural gigafactories)
  1. (slang) A very large manufacturing facility. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-gigafactory-en-noun-h~bbQ7fk Categories (other): English terms prefixed with giga- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with giga-: 50 50
  2. (slang) A very large manufacturing facility.
    (slang) A factory producing electric batteries at a large scale.
    Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-gigafactory-en-noun-bKikT~ns Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with giga- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with giga-: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (very large factory): gigatehdas (Finnish), jättitehdas (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'very large factory': 50 50

Inflected forms

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