: an increase according to a fixed ratio

Examples of scale-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Two-thirds of the value created in new businesses happens during scale-up. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 In contrast, fundraising involves securing external capital to accelerate growth and often leads to a rapid scale-up. Jonathan Treble, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 The North Carolina factory could make 24 GW of batteries per year at full capacity, a 40 times scale-up of Natron's Michigan factory. Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024 Fat tissue in people with MHO seems to be adept at this scale-up. Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 25 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for scale-up 

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Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of scale-up was in 1945

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“Scale-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scale-up. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

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