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Meaning of INDUSTRIAL

Pronunciation:  in'dustreeul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  used in industry; "industrial-weight carpeting"
  2. [adj]  used especially of societies; "the industrial revolution"; "an industrial nation"
  3. [adj]  employed in industry; "the industrial classes"; "industrial work"
  4. [adj]  of or relating to or resulting from industry; "industrial output"
  5. [adj]  employed in industry; "industrial workers"; "the industrial term in use among professional thieves"
 
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 Synonyms: blue-collar, developed, heavy-duty, highly-developed, industrialised, industrialized
 
 Antonyms: nonindustrial
 
 See Also: progressive

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In*dus"tri*al\, a. [Cf. F. industriel, LL.
industrialis. See {Industry}.]
Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts
and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor,
especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and
rights.
      The great ideas of industrial development and economic
      social amelioration.                     --M. Arnold.
{Industrial exhibition}, a public exhibition of the various
   industrial products of a country, or of various countries.
{Industrial school}, a school for teaching one or more
   branches of industry; also, a school for educating
   neglected children, and training them to habits of
   industry.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: business, commercial, creational, executional, fabricational, formational, functional, manufacturing, mercantile, merchant, official, pro, productional, professional, retail, technical, trade, trading, vocational, wholesale
 

 

 

 

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