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English

Adjective

full-scale (not comparable)

  1. (of a model or replica) Of the same size, scale, or proportions as an original object.
    The museum has a full-scale replica of a Viking ship.
  2. Thorough; complete; not lacking in any detail.
    The business consultants performed a full-scale analysis of current market conditions.
    • 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 712:
      Sunday, November 6, was spent in a second full-scale dress rehearsal of the complete weekday electric timetable, [] during which the public were invited to make their first trial of the trains—and 15,000 did so.
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Space Combat Codex entry:
      Most ship-to-ship engagements are skirmishes between patrol vessels of cruiser weight and below, with dreadnoughts and carriers only deployed in full-scale fleet actions. Battles in open space are short and often inconclusive, as the weaker opponent generally disengages.
    • 2022 January 29, “A war in Ukraine could have global consequences”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
      Perhaps Mr Putin is planning a full-scale invasion, with Russian forces thrusting deep into Ukraine to seize the capital, Kyiv, and overthrow the government.

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