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Definitions for small-scale
smal·l-scale

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word small-scale.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. small-scaleadjective

    created or drawn on a small scale

    "small-scale maps"; "a small-scale model"

  2. minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sizedadjective

    limited in size or scope

    "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"

Wiktionary

  1. small-scaleadjective

    Having a modest scope or extent.

  2. small-scaleadjective

    Drawn or constructed too small for much detail.

  3. Etymology: small + scale

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  1. small-scale

    Small-scale refers to activities, operations, events, or systems which are relatively reduced in size, extent or quantity, often limited in scope or dimension, and typically organized or operated on a simplified or modest level. This term is often used in context of businesses, industries, farming, productions or models which are not extensive or large but characterized by a lower level of production or operation compared to larger counterparts.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of small-scale in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of small-scale in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of small-scale in a Sentence

  1. Charles Schroeder:

    This work represents an important step forward in the small-scale production of biologics, and, if successful, may be used in remote locations for production of complex biologics.

  2. Mike Kallenberger:

    Local, craft, cooperation, individuality — these are Millennial values, they see their personal values reflected in Big Beer and every other small-scale artisan product on the market. Big Beer’s not so much anti-corporate as a search for authentic products that speak to them. Knowing who made what they eat and drink — that’s craft.

  3. Alex Kwok:

    It's difficult to judge whether investors are overreacting, or whether the market is near its bottom, this is already a small-scale stock market disaster. Any rebound, if there is any, could be just technical.

  4. John Fetterman:

    We're the party that doesn't want to criminalize things like marijuana, small-scale marijuana possessions. We don't want to criminalize. We want to get rid of cash bail where it's appropriate, so we don't criminalize poverty, we don't criminalize race.

  5. David Fleming:

    Large-scale problems do not require large-scale solutions; they require small-scale solutions within a large-scale framework.


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