"industrial scale" meaning in English

See industrial scale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: industrial scales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} industrial scale (plural industrial scales)
  1. The large size or amount characteristic of industrial processes. Related terms: industrial strength
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  2. (colloquial, often attributive) Largeness. Tags: attributive, colloquial, often
    Sense id: en-industrial_scale-en-noun-~ogveIjl

Inflected forms

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