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

/ ɪnˈdʌstrɪəl /

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

Derived Forms

• inˈdustrially, adverb

Other Words From

• in·dustri·al·ly adverb
• in·dustri·al·ness noun
• nonin·dustri·al adjective
• nonin·dustri·al·ly adverb
• prein·dustri·al adjective
• proin·dustri·al adjective
• quasi-in·dustri·al adjective
• quasi-in·dustri·al·ly adverb
• semi-in·dustri·al adjective
• semi-in·dustri·al·ly adverb
• unin·dustri·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of industrial¹

First recorded in 1580–90; industry + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The “industrial scale” of the plant’s gene theft is also impressive, he says.

From Science News

Crews will remove and replace the 120-by-70-foot sign, one of the last, most visible vestiges of Baltimore’s once-mighty industrial past.

From Washington Post

In its analysis, that period stands in for the time before the industrial age, which began in the mid-1700s.

From Science News For Students

The new upgrades are already rolling out, so if you’re in charge of a giant industrial company, it’s time to get your orders in.

From Popular-Science

There’s something difficult to reconcile watching Spot walk up a flight of stairs in some industrial setting.

From TechCrunch

The Industrial Revolution and Victorian practically erased the holiday in England.

From The Daily Beast

The folk memory of medieval community life had been wiped out by the industrial revolution.

From The Daily Beast

Fracking, in this regard, is no different from gypsum mining, or some kinds of industrial agriculture.

From The Daily Beast

Moreover, trucks, dust, and boomtown stress are the effects of any large-scale industrial activity.

From The Daily Beast

But they are serious: what large-scale fracking does is change small farm towns into industrial sites.

From The Daily Beast

A considerable proportion of the industrial and commercial news is now written to an end.

From Project Gutenberg

It offers, to those who see it aright, the most perplexing industrial paradox ever presented in the history of mankind.

From Project Gutenberg

Industrial society, they say, must be reorganized from top to bottom; private industry must cease.

From Project Gutenberg

But closely allied to this subject, and not inferior to it in importance, stands that of Industrial Training.

From Project Gutenberg

The legal framework of the State and of obedience to the law in which industrial society is set threatens to break asunder.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• industrialized
• mechanical
• modern
• technical