INDUSTRIAL

industrial

(adjective) suitable to stand up to hard wear; “industrial carpeting”

industrial

(adjective) having highly developed industries; “the industrial revolution”; “an industrial nation”

industrial

(adjective) employed in industry; “the industrial classes”; “industrial work”

industrial

(adjective) of or relating to or resulting from industry; “industrial output”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

industrial (comparative more industrial, superlative most industrial)

Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

Produced by such industry.

Used by such industry.

Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.

Massive in scale or quantity.

Employed as manpower by such industry.

(of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.

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

Antonyms

• nonindustrial

• unindustrial

Noun

industrial (countable and uncountable, plural industrials)

(dated, 19th-mid 20th century) An employee in industry.

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

(finance) A bond or stock issued by such a company.

(film) A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience.

(informal, uncountable) Industrial music.

(informal) An industrial piercing.

Anagrams

• diurnalist

Source: Wiktionary

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In*dus"tri*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. industriel, LL. industrialis. See Industry.]

Definition: 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. The great ideas of industrial development and economic social amelioration. M. Arnold.

Industrial exhibition, a public exhibition of the various industrial products of a country, or of various countries.

– Industrial school, a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of industry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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