full-scale
/ˌfʊlˈskeɪl/ adjective [always before noun]Definition
LARGE › very large or serious and involving everything that is possible or expected: a full-scale investigation The violence has developed into a full-scale war.
MODEL › A full-scale model is the same size as the original thing that it is representing.
(Definition of full-scale adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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