I have never heard some call a scale model, 'life sized'. If it was life sized, it wouldn't be in a pool, I'll tell you that much.
Definition - "of the same size as the person or thing represented".
The ship is not life size, as it is not the same size as the thing being represented
I stand corrected, seems like English doesn't have a word for the definition I was seeking.
In Japanese we have
等身大 ; meaning "to the size of a human" ; translated as "life-sized"
and
実寸大or原寸大 ; meaning "to the actual size" ; translated as "full size" or "actual size"
So I thought the English definition was the same as the Japanese, silly me.
I'm actually not Japanese (though my Japanese colleagues thought I was more Japanese than most Japanese lol), I've just lived in the country for like 9 years.
As to why my username is so otaku, is because I'm so otaku. : p
Definition - "of the same size as the person or thing represented".
The ship is not life size, as it is not the same size as the thing being represented
In Japanese we have
等身大 ; meaning "to the size of a human" ; translated as "life-sized"
and
実寸大or原寸大 ; meaning "to the actual size" ; translated as "full size" or "actual size"
So I thought the English definition was the same as the Japanese, silly me.
As to why my username is so otaku, is because I'm so otaku. : p