full-scale

See also: fullscale

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^[1], →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.

Translations

of the same size — see life-size

thorough

• Belarusian: поўнамашта́бны (poŭnamaštábny)
• Bulgarian: пълен (bg) (pǎlen), изчерпателен (bg) (izčerpatelen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全面 (zh) (quánmiàn)

• French: complet (fr), général (fr), total (fr), à grande échelle (fr)
• Italian: in piena regola
• Russian: полномасшта́бный (ru) (polnomasštábnyj), по́лный (ru) (pólnyj), исче́рпывающий (ru) (isčérpyvajuščij)
• Swedish: fullskalig (sv)
• Ukrainian: повномасшта́бний (povnomasštábnyj)