LARGE-SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does large-scale mean? 

• LARGE-SCALE (adjective)
  The adjective LARGE-SCALE has 2 senses:

1. unusually large in scope

2. constructed or drawn to a big scale

  Familiarity information: LARGE-SCALE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LARGE-SCALE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unusually large in scope

Context example:

a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Constructed or drawn to a big scale

Context example:

large-scale maps

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

 Context examples 

Understanding large-scale patterns helps us understand ocean productivity in the entire Atlantic basin, said William Balch, a scientist at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the paper's lead author.

(Study reveals changing patterns in globally important algae, National Science Foundation)

Refers to large-scale environmental and cultural changes on Earth.

(Global Change, NCI Thesaurus)

The impacts of soil biogeochemistry on large-scale forest water use had not been investigated.

(Previously unknown mechanism causes increased forest water use, National Science Foundation)

The Planck image shows that there is large-scale organization in some parts of the galactic magnetic field.

(Planck Takes Magnetic Fingerprint of Our Galaxy, JPL/NASA)

The new class of molten-air batteries could also be used for large-scale energy storage for electric grids.

(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)

But its production has been linked to large-scale destruction of pristine forests and the decimation of orangutan populations.

(Greener palm oil possible without sacrificing profit, SciDev.Net)

Scientists also predict an alarming scenario with large-scale extinctions in 30 years' time, if no action is taken.

(Species native to Brazil savanna likely to face extinction, Agência Brasil)

NewLink's chief scientific officer for infectious diseases, Thomas Monath, said the FDA would likely approve the vaccine quickly, with large-scale production as early as 2018.

(Study confirms efficacy of NewLink Genetics ebola vaccine, Wikinews)

These temperature shifts have a ripple effect on large-scale atmospheric processes conducive to tornado outbreaks across the U.S.

(Ocean temperatures may hold key to predicting tornado outbreaks, NOAA)

Also, while other gases such as the introduction of chloroflorocarbons or other fluorine-based compounds have been proposed to raise the atmospheric temperature, these gases are short-lived and would require large-scale manufacturing processes.

(Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology, NASA)