Definition of Industrial

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resulting from industry. "Industrial output"

Partainyms: Industry

2. Adjective. Having highly developed industries. "An industrial nation"

3. Adjective. Employed in industry. "Industrial work"
Similar to: Blue-collar

4. Adjective. Suitable to stand up to hard wear. "Industrial carpeting"
Similar to: Heavy-duty

Definition of Industrial

1. a. 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.

Definition of Industrial

1. Adjective. of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing. ¹

2. Adjective. produced by such industry ¹

3. Adjective. used by such industry ¹

4. Adjective. employed as manpower by such industry ¹

5. Adjective. (context: of a society or country) having many industries; industrialized ¹

6. Adjective. (music) Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music. ¹

7. Noun. (dated 19th-mid 20th century) An employee in industry ¹

8. Noun. (business) An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies. ¹

9. Noun. (finance) A bond or stock issued by such company ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Industrial

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Industrial

indurated
indurated clay
indurates
indurating
induration
induration of the arteries
indurations
indurative
indure
indusia
indusial
indusiate
indusiated
indusium
indusium griseum
industrial (current term)
industrial-output
industrial-strength
industrial action
industrial actions
industrial air pollution
industrial arts
industrial bank
industrial deafness
industrial design
industrial diamond
industrial diamonds
industrial disease
industrial diseases
industrial engineering

Literary usage of Industrial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"industrial diseases. See Diseases. industrial education. Argument for industrial training in the ... Elementary school nnrl industrial occupations. EB Kent. ..."

2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1919)
"Up till recent times industrial medicine was confined to the work of the factory ... The work of the industrial surgeon, in many industrial plants in this ..."

3. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"(2) A fund for payment of salaries of teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial subjects. (3) A fund for maintenance of the training of teachers of ..."

4. OECD Economic Surveys by OECD Staff (2004)
"Investment share and industrial growth contributions by sector Percent 1997-2003 Percent 35 Share of investment by industrial sector Percentage of ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1903)
"Furthermore, the fact of rapid industrial expansion was patent to both the ... On the other hand, the main causes of industrial growth lie deeper than the ..."

6. The Modern Factory: Safety, Sanitation and Welfare by George Moses Price (1914)
"The world is a huge workshop,—a scene of intense industrial activity for the satisfaction of human needs. And so it was from time immemorial. ..."

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