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pilot plant

 
 
noun [C] PRODUCTION

Definition

a small factory that is built as a model to test systems and processes before building other similar factories : Stevenson said she is close to completing the deal and hopes to have a pilot plant up and running by this fall.
(Definition of pilot plant noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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