ギガファクトリー
解説 Definition
ギガファクトリーはテスラが建設した超大規模製造工場で、電気自動車とバッテリーを大量生産する。高い生産効率と低コスト化を実現し、電動化産業に革命をもたらした施設である。
A gigafactory is an extremely large manufacturing facility designed for high-volume production, especially of batteries, electric vehicles, or related components. The term is strongly associated with Tesla’s factories but may also be used more broadly for comparable large-scale plants.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
gigafactory は giga-「10億単位、転じて巨大な」＋ factory「工場」の透明な複合語。電池や電気自動車を桁違いの規模で大量生産する施設を思い浮かべ、build a gigafactory、battery production、massive capital investment とまとめて覚える。Tesla の施設名として有名だが、文脈によっては同種の超大規模工場を一般的に指す。
Break gigafactory into giga- and factory. Giga- is the metric prefix for one billion and also suggests an exceptionally large scale in everyday compounds; factory is a place where goods are manufactured. Picture a vast plant producing huge numbers of battery cells or electric vehicles on integrated production lines. Useful combinations include build a gigafactory, battery gigafactory, annual production capacity, and massive capital investment. The word is closely associated with Tesla’s named facilities, but it can also describe similarly enormous factories operated or planned by other manufacturers.
例文
The gigafactory produces millions of battery units annually.
ギガファクトリーは毎年数百万のバッテリーユニットを生産する。
Building a gigafactory requires massive capital investment.
ギガファクトリーを構築するには巨額の資本投資が必要である。
The gigafactory model revolutionized electric vehicle manufacturing.
ギガファクトリーモデルは電気自動車製造に革命をもたらした。
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gigafactory の語源・成り立ち Etymology
gigafactory は現代英語の複合語で、giga- と factory から成ります。giga- はギリシャ語 gigas『巨人』に由来する接頭辞、factory はラテン語 facere『作る』にさかのぼるので、『巨人級の生産施設』という発想がそのまま語になった形です。関連語に gigabyte、manufacture があります。
Gigafactory is a modern compound of giga- and factory. Giga- was formed from Greek gigas, “giant,” and became the international metric prefix denoting one billion; in this compound it also evokes enormous production scale. Factory ultimately belongs to the Latin facere word family, meaning “to make or do.” Tesla popularized Gigafactory as a name for its large battery and electric-vehicle plants, after which the term gained broader industry use.
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