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industrial

American  
[in-duhs-tree-uhl] / ɪnˈdʌs tri əl /

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry.

    industrial production; industrial waste.

  2. having many and highly developed industries.

    an industrial nation.

  3. engaged in an industry or industries.

    industrial workers.

  4. of or relating to the workers in industries.

    industrial training.

  5. used in industry.

    industrial diamonds: industrial fabrics.

  6. noting or pertaining to industrial life insurance.


noun

  1. an industrial product.

    diamonds classed as industrials and nonindustrials.

  2. a company engaged in industrial enterprises.

  3. an employee in some industry, especially a manufacturing industry.

  4. industrials, stocks and bonds of industrial companies.

industrial British  
/ ɪnˈdʌstrɪəl /

adjective

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

  2. employed in industry

    the industrial workforce

  3. relating to or concerned with workers in industry

    industrial conditions

  4. used in industry

    industrial chemicals

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • industrially adverb
  • industrialness noun
  • nonindustrial adjective
  • nonindustrially adverb
  • preindustrial adjective
  • proindustrial adjective
  • quasi-industrial adjective
  • quasi-industrially adverb
  • semi-industrial adjective
  • semi-industrially adverb
  • unindustrial adjective

Etymology

Origin of industrial

First recorded in 1580–90; industry + -al 1

Example Sentences

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In fact, massive industrial users could help lower rates by spreading the grid’s fixed maintenance costs across a larger base of customers.

From MarketWatch

Laschet added, in a sombre opening speech: "If Europe is not competitive economically it will not, in the long-term, have the financial basis, the technological basis, the industrial basis to guarantee its security."

From Barron's

In addition to surging demand from industrial players, the price of silver has also benefited from escalating geopolitical concerns, Martin Adams said.

From MarketWatch

The largest human CO2 event in history, the emergence of China as an industrial power, on an emissions graph appears only as a continuation of an uninterrupted upward trend since the Industrial Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal

If industrial volumes pick up, Waste Management will benefit.

From Barron's