Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Limited in scope or extent; modest: a small-scale plan.
- adj. Created on a small scale: a small-scale model of the new city hall; a small-scale national map.
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- adj. Having a modest scope or extent.
- adj. Drawn or constructed too small for much detail.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. limited in size or scope
- adj. created or drawn on a small scale
Etymologies
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Examples
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Artisanal mining refers to small-scale or subsistence mining.
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DER generally refers to small-scale power generation technologies located close to where electricity is used e.g., a home or business to provide an alternative to or an enhancement of the traditional electric power system, according to the
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At the same time, the proliferation of small groups—the cells of the megachurch congregation—provide members with a small-scale sense of community.6
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Shah sees a big role for the private sector in this programme but also emphasises that the biggest impact on poverty will come from reaching small-scale women producers.
Rajiv Shah: Our aid work is for the American people | Madeleine Bunting
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New initiatives such as shared-equity plans or deals where house builders agree to take the first loss on a high LTV mortgage are too small-scale to be a long-term fix for the mortgage famine, but could at least help to build confidence.
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This for me is the best part of doing shows in far-flung corners of the world - I get to see a ton of small-scale, small print run books that never get wide comic-shop distribution; everything is utterly unique and this show is the only chance I'll ever get to see most of it.
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But lone-wolf extremists with little or no formal connection to al Qaeda have proliferated and are potentially plotting small-scale attacks in the U.S, officials said.
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As a result, they're often too complex and expensive for small-scale or amateur game developers.
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In 2009 he took the Donmar beyond the confines of its small-scale base and led a season at the larger Wyndham's Theatre in the West End. Here productions included Twelfth Night with Derek Jacobi and Hamlet with Jude Law in the title role.
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Even in the UK's sunniest region, the maximum consumers could save is £412 a year from their electricity bill, compared with the £1,313 that free solar panel companies such as British Gas and Isis Solar will collect from the feed-in tariffs (FITs), the government 'incentive scheme that pays for small-scale renewable energy generation.
Free solar panels may not be the bargain that they appear to be
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