: an increase according to a fixed ratio

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Pushing through the startup phase of a business to achieve true scale-up status is hard. Emma Westley, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 The work marks a major scale-up in how quantum computers can be used alongside classical supercomputers to study real-world chemistry problems. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026 Copper remains the go-to material for scale-up connections. Zev Fima, CNBC, 6 May 2026 Bolstered by deep capital markets that support the scale-up of existing companies as well as promising new entrants, U.S. companies are well positioned, with the majority of market cap in 14 of the 18 arenas. Kevin Russell, Fortune, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for scale-up

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First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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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 4 Jun. 2026.

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