Meanings
nounindustrial scale (plural industrial scales)
plural industrial scales
- The large size or amount characteristic of industrial processes.
- attributivecolloquialoftenLargeness.
“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
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industrial scale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrial%20scale
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“industrial scale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrial%20scale. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “industrial scale,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrial%20scale.
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