pilot plant

noun

an experimental industrial plant in which processes or techniques planned for use in full-scale operation are tested in advance.

pilot plant

a small-scale industrial plant in which problems can be identified and solved before the full-scale plant is built

First recorded in 1935–40

It remains possible that the hidden pilot plant is being used for producing highly enriched uranium, he added.

During that summer it was used in a pilot plant to separate the first significant amounts of U235 ever obtained.

So we're getting a pilot plant: eggs, incubator, and a knocked-down broiler battery so we can try the idea out.

There's nobody else around here to take it through the pilot plant.

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