Pilot Plant
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pilot plant
(′pī·lət ¦plant)
(industrial engineering) A small version of a planned industrial plant, built to gain experience in operating the final plant.
Barron's Business Dictionary:
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Pilot Plant
Small facility producing a modest number of units, designed to prove or test methods that may be used in full scale plants.
A pilot plant reduces the investment risk in unproven production methods.
A pilot plant reduces the investment risk in unproven production methods.
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| Pin Money, Pink Sheets, Pipeline |
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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pilot plant
a prototype apparatus set up to develop and scale up a new manufacturing process.
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| pilus, pineal body, pineal hormone |
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