industrial
Americanadjective
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of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry.
industrial production; industrial waste.
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having many and highly developed industries.
an industrial nation.
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engaged in an industry or industries.
industrial workers.
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of or relating to the workers in industries.
industrial training.
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used in industry.
industrial diamonds: industrial fabrics.
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noting or pertaining to industrial life insurance.
adjective
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of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of industry
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employed in industry
the industrial workforce
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relating to or concerned with workers in industry
industrial conditions
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used in industry
industrial chemicals
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
Example Sentences
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Teachers went on strike on Tuesday and are due to take industrial action for a further 11 days in March and April.
From BBC
Parts of the materials complex “are benefiting from rising capex and supply constraints tied to the energy transition and resource nationalism, which are pushing up prices for base and industrial metals,” they said.
From MarketWatch
“This shift is moving engineering from trial-and-error toward prediction-driven design, which can significantly accelerate innovation in industries like aerospace, automotive, and industrial machinery.”
From Los Angeles Times
These can be made either from municipal waste and no-food biomass, or from synthetic industrial processes, which take carbon from the atmosphere to produce the fuel, or a mix of both.
From BBC
The case was even threatened by a barrister's strike until it was exempted from industrial action.
From BBC
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