industrial

[ in-duhs-tree-uh l ]

/ ɪnˈdʌs tri əl /

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.

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Origin of industrial

First recorded in 1580–90; industry + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM industrial

in·dus·tri·al·ly, adverbin·dus·tri·al·ness, nounnon·in·dus·tri·al, adjectivenon·in·dus·tri·al·ly, adverb

pre·in·dus·tri·al, adjectivepro·in·dus·tri·al, adjectivequa·si-in·dus·tri·al, adjectivequa·si-in·dus·tri·al·ly, adverbsem·i-in·dus·tri·al, adjectivesem·i-in·dus·tri·al·ly, adverbun·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

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British Dictionary definitions for nonindustrial (1 of 2)

nonindustrial

/ (ˌnɒnɪnˈdʌstrɪəl) /

adjective

not of or relating to an industrial society, place, or age

British Dictionary definitions for nonindustrial (2 of 2)

industrial

/ (ɪnˈdʌstrɪəl) /

adjective

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

employed in industrythe industrial workforce

relating to or concerned with workers in industryindustrial conditions

used in industryindustrial chemicals

Derived forms of industrial

industrially, adverb

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