industrial

[ in-duhs-tree-uh l ]

/ ɪnˈdʌs tri əl /

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adjective

of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.

having many and highly developed industries: an industrial nation.

engaged in an industry or industries: industrial workers.

of or relating to the workers in industries: industrial training.

used in industry: industrial diamonds: industrial fabrics.

noting or pertaining to industrial life insurance.

noun

an industrial product: diamonds classed as industrials and nonindustrials.

a company engaged in industrial enterprises.

an employee in some industry, especially a manufacturing industry.

industrials, stocks and bonds of industrial companies.

Origin of industrial

First recorded in 1580–90; industry + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM industrial

in·dus·tri·al·ly, adverb in·dus·tri·al·ness, noun non·in·dus·tri·al, adjective non·in·dus·tri·al·ly, adverb

pre·in·dus·tri·al, adjective pro·in·dus·tri·al, adjective qua·si-in·dus·tri·al, adjective qua·si-in·dus·tri·al·ly, adverb sem·i-in·dus·tri·al, adjective sem·i-in·dus·tri·al·ly, adverb un·in·dus·tri·al, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH industrial

industrial industrious

Words nearby industrial

indus valley civilization, indus., indusiate, indusium, indusium griseum, industrial, industrial action, industrial archaeology, industrial arts, industrial democracy, industrial design

Example sentences from the Web for industrial

The Industrial Revolution and Victorian practically erased the holiday in England.

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The folk memory of medieval community life had been wiped out by the industrial revolution.

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Fracking, in this regard, is no different from gypsum mining, or some kinds of industrial agriculture.

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But they are serious: what large-scale fracking does is change small farm towns into industrial sites.

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A Michigan-based company that supplies fasteners to the hardware store, home center, and industrial markets.

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Industrial crises follow each other with increasing severity and the masses are becoming more and more pauperized.

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Employment agencies should not be forgotten in seeking to trace a man through his industrial record.

Broken Homes |Joanna C. Colcord
His school career is characterized by truancy, and he never made an effort at an industrial career.

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There was to be a class war, and numbers schooled to discipline by industrial organization were to win.

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In like manner Dissenters thought that it was the bad condition of industrial life which kept working people from chapel.

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British Dictionary definitions for industrial

industrial

/ (ɪnˈdʌstrɪəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of industry

employed in industry the industrial workforce

relating to or concerned with workers in industry industrial conditions

used in industry industrial chemicals

Derived forms of industrial

industrially, adverb

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