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SCALE UP [3 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
OBS

scale: To grade or measure according to a schedule; to increase or decrease a basic amount proportionately or according to a graduated schedule. For example, to scale down (or up) wages, interest, prices, etc., is to reduce or increase each level by a proportionate amount.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
OBS

Augmenter (les gages, etc.) à l'échelle.

Key term(s)
  • augmenter

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
  • Production Management
  • Work and Production
CONT

Advantages are more often stated than the limitations. This is usually characteristic of the early stage in technology development, where the potential advantages are more apparent than the limitations, which become increasingly important as scale up begins.

CONT

Scale up: increase in the production scale, for example, from pilot plant to production plant.

CONT

scale up of production

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
  • Gestion de la production
  • Travail et production
CONT

Des promesses. C'est bien tout ce qu'offrent les biotechnologies à la biomasse forestière pour le moment, si l'on fait exception de l'amélioration génétique des plantes (voir Québec Science, juin 1983). Si, en laboratoire, des résultats encourageants ont été obtenus jusqu'ici, il faudra par la suite faire la preuve de la rentabilité à l'échelle industrielle. C'est toute l'étape de la mise à l'échelle, de l'usine pilote; (scale up).

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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