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industrial

industrial

520 3.2
Relating to factories and the making of goods
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈdʌstriəl/
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  • The city is known for its industrial history, which transformed it into a major manufacturing hub.
  • industrial sector
  • industrial economy
  • industrial countries

And instead we are in a nice industrial landscape.

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Examples

  • All America's industrial might and scientific innovation, connected by rail.

  • And fundamentally it takes a full industrial project to make that happen.

  • We can become a great industrial power and we should.

  • And we'll talk about some industrial machine vision work.

  • Germany also had some important industrial development going on as well.

  • What they do is take the industrial economy as a given.

  • And instead we are in a nice industrial landscape.

  • But if we lose industrial civilization, it's gone.

  • A pilot test was performed on 30 industrial companies operating in Khartoum in various industries.

    Academic text (2017)
  • There's an old cookie factory in the industrial block!

Antonyms

10 5.6

Made by hand in a skilled, traditional way

A community without large factories or heavy manufacturing

Compounds

A number showing how the stock prices of 30 large US companies are doing

A time when factories and machines change farming villages into industrial towns

19 7.0

A powerful group of armed forces and weapons makers that influence government decisions

11 3.8

An area of land near a city with many factories and large businesses

A measure that shows how 30 large American company stocks are doing

Very strong and made for heavy use in factories, not for regular home use

industrial process
  • Specialized
3 3.4

A series of machine and chemical steps used to make goods in a factory

A group of buildings where goods are made with machines

A group of workers in one industry who join to talk with employers about pay and conditions for every worker

Dirty air from factories and power plants that harms people

1 3.7

A school subject for learning to use tools and machines to make things

A bank that gives small loans to workers or small businesses

A disease caused by harmful work conditions, like dust or chemicals

1 4.5

Study of designing and improving systems in factories that make goods using people and machines

A large business that makes products, often in factories

1 7.1

A small bank that gives loans and sometimes holds savings but usually not checking accounts

A style of music from the 1970s that uses harsh, machine-like sounds and shocking ideas

1 4.7

Poisonous waste from factories that can harm people and nature

A group of trade unions in North America formed in 1935 that joined the American Federation of Labor in 1955

A large group of trade unions in the United States that represents workers

industrial management
  • Specialized
4.5

Work that plans and runs factories to make production faster and safer

A labor union from many countries that fights for workers' rights and the end of capitalism

industrial psychology
  • Specialized
4.4

Study of how people behave at work and how to help companies solve problems

6.8

A canal that factories use to get water or move goods

How Industrial

industrial
520 3.2
commercial
491 3.4
residential
165 3.2
rural
392 2.5

Surface Forms

industrial positive

Morphology

industrial = industry (transparent) = industry + al

The adjective is a straightforward relational formation from 'industry' with the common suffix '-al'.

Etymology

Industrial comes from the word industry, which comes from the old Latin industria meaning 'hard work'. So industrial describes places, people, or systems connected with the work of making things, like factories.