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industrial

[ in-duhs-tree-uhl ]

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

/ ɪˈʌٰɪə /

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
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰܲ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

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  • semi-·ܲt·· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of industrial1

First recorded in 1580–90; industry + -al 1
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Birmingham City Council declared a major incident last week amid industrial action by Unite union members over pay, which has led to uncollected rubbish bags being stacked up on the city's streets.

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Studies have found that particulate pollution known as PM 2.5, which is released by vehicles, industrial smokestacks and wildfires, can be attributed to as many as 200,000 excess deaths each year.

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ULA has also slowed large transactions for commercial, industrial and office properties.

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Popular discontent emboldened both the Nazis and the Communists, and increasingly, industrial and banking leaders came to see Hitler as the weapon they could wield to crush the radical left.

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“The hardest-hit properties are not luxury homes, but multifamily, commercial and industrial buildings — the very types we need to support housing production and job growth,” Smith said.

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