industrial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈdɐs.tɹi.əl/ (Australia)
- /ənˈdɐs.tɹi.əl/ (New-Zealand)
- (California) audio
- /ɪnˈdʌs.tɹi.əl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From French industriel. By surface analysis, industry + -al.
Meanings
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Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.
Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 29:The sight of a teenager walking the small town's streets would usually go unnoticed, but to Benicia Police Cpl. Kirk Keffer, things didn't look right on the quiet street in the industrial part of town.
2016 November 18, Dan Simon, “Officers buy bike for teen who walked hours to work”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2016:The industrial segment of the economy has seen troubles lately.
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Produced by such industry.
Handicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless.
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Used by such industry.
More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
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Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.
This is an industrial product—it's much too strong for home use.
- Massive in scale or quantity.
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Employed as manpower by such industry.
Come, all ye workers, from every land, / Come, join in the grand industrial band; / Then we our share of this earth shall demand.
1913, “There Is Power in a Union”, in Little Red Songbook, performed by Joe Hill:
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(of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.
Italy is a part-industrial, part-rural nation.
Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023:
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Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.
a track with clashing industrial beats
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more industrial | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most industrial | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
industrial livestock production · industrial-grade · subindustrial · industrial disease · industrial union · multiindustrial · superindustrial · industrial tribunal · penal–industrial complex · industrial park · industrial methylated spirit · industrial rock · industrialism · industrialization · military–industrial complex · industrial scale · industrialize · industrial espionage · industrial designer · industrial property · industrial accident · prison–industrial complex · industrial diamond · industrialise · proindustrial · industrialness · industrial design · industrial estate · industrial metal · industrial punk · microindustrial · industrial relations · industrial quality · technoindustrial · industrial output · industrial store · industrial-strength · protoindustrial · megaindustrial · interindustrial · industrial school · industrial complex · antiindustrial · industrialist · industrial-organizational psychology · industrial design right · bioindustrial · industrial engineering · pre-industrial · postindustrial · industrial language · industrially · marriage–industrial complex · industrial strength · military-industrial complex · industrial arts · agroindustrial · animal–industrial complex · industrial peace · industrial production · anti-industrial · industrial action
Relateds
Translations (61)
pl przemysłowy (of or relating to industry) · hu ipari (of or relating to industry) · pt industrial (of or relating to industry) · it industriale (of or relating to industry) · ru индустриа́льный (of or relating to industry) · bg индустриа́лен (of or relating to industry) · es fabril (of or relating to industry) · de Industrie- (of or relating to industry) · kk өндірістік (of or relating to industry) · ru промы́шленный (of or relating to industry) · nrf îndustriel (of or relating to industry) · hy արդյունաբերական ((of a society or country) having many industries) · cs průmyslový ((of a society or country) having many industries) · el βιομηχανικός (of or relating to industry) · tl kalalangin (of or relating to industry) · nl industrieel ((of a society or country) having many industries) · hy արդյունաբերական (of or relating to industry) · nb industriell (of or relating to industry) · ro industrial ((of a society or country) having many industries) · uk промисло́вий (of or relating to industry) · ru индустриа́льный ((of a society or country) having many industries) · ur صَنْعَتی (of or relating to industry) · ro industrial (of or relating to industry) · fur industriâl (of or relating to industry) · ca industrial (of or relating to industry) · be індустрыя́льны (of or relating to industry) · es industrial (of or relating to industry) · fi teollisuus- (of or relating to industry) · el βιομηχανικός ((of a society or country) having many industries) · fa-ira صَنْعَتی (of or relating to industry) · ml വ്യാവസായിക (of or relating to industry) · bg проми́шлен (of or relating to industry) · ro industrializat ((of a society or country) having many industries) · sv industriell (of or relating to industry) · ar صِنَاعِيّ (of or relating to industry) · ro de industrie (of or relating to industry) · pl industrialny (of or relating to industry) · fi teollinen (of or relating to industry) · de industriell ((of a society or country) having many industries) · cs průmyslový (of or relating to industry) · de industriell (of or relating to industry) · nl industrie- (of or relating to industry) · lmo indüstriaal (of or relating to industry) · eo industria (of or relating to industry) · fi teollinen ((of a society or country) having many industries) · mr औद्योगिक (of or relating to industry) · nl geïndustrialiseerd ((of a society or country) having many industries) · fi teollistunut ((of a society or country) having many industries) · sk industriálny (of or relating to industry) · io industriala (of or relating to industry) · sk priemyslový (of or relating to industry) · hi औद्योगिक ((of a society or country) having many industries) · fr industriel (of or relating to industry) · hi औद्योगिक (of or relating to industry) · pt industrial ((of a society or country) having many industries) · uk індустріа́льний (of or relating to industry) · ru произво́дственный (of or relating to industry) · nl nijverheids- (of or relating to industry) · tr endüstriyel (of or relating to industry) · da industriel (of or relating to industry) · nl industrieel (of or relating to industry)