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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Elsewhere, Waste Management and Republic services are his favorites in the industrial sector, along with the aerospace and defense names including Cadre Holdings, Leonardo DRS, General Dynamics, and V2X.
From Barron's
“I suppose this would have been someone’s whole job, before the industrial revolution. It doesn’t seem like a fast process.”
From Literature
If they do, she said: "It will start to cascade into other prices such as food, agriculture, industrial commodities and that's just going to really bleed into inflation."
From BBC
An industrial relations showdown looms this week as Germany's powerful IG Metall union is seeking to gain control of the works council at US billionaire Elon Musk's Tesla plant outside Berlin.
From Barron's
While the world kept close watch on climbing crude-oil prices on Monday, the so-called workhorse fuel of the industrial world was seeing a far more dramatic response as the Iran conflict reaches its third day.
From MarketWatch
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