in|dus|tri|al

in|dus|tri|al
in|dus|tri|al «ihn DUHS tree uhl», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. of or resulting from industry or productive labor: »

industrial products.

2. having many industries: »

industrial nations.

3. engaged in or connected with industries, trades, or manufactures: »

industrial activity, an industrial exhibition. Industrial workers work at trades or in factories. An industrial school teaches trades.

4. of or having to do with the workers in industries: »

industrial insurance.

5. for use in industry: »

industrial machines.

6. much greater or much more than normally is needed or used: »

Laurie…put a lock on the bedroom door: “an industrial-strength Segal lock,” he says with amusement (New York Magazine).

–n.
1. a worker in some industry.
2. an owner or a manager of an industrial enterprise.
3. a stock, bond, etc., of an industrial enterprise.
4. rock music that has amplified instrumental effects resembling machinery and little melody: »

On Meantime, the group's major label debut, industrial, hardcore and metal get smelted down into one gnarly slab (Michael Azerrad).

[earlier < Medieval Latin industrialis < Latin industria diligence, industry; later < French industriel < industrie, learned borrowing from Latin industria]
in|dus´tri|al|ly, adverb.

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  • in|dus´tri|ous|ness — in|dus|tri|ous «ihn DUHS tree uhs», adjective. 1. working hard and steadily; diligent: »An industrious student usually has good grades. SYNONYM(S): assiduous, active. See syn. under busy. (Cf. ↑busy) 2. Obsolete. showing intelligent or skillful… …   Useful english dictionary

  • in|dus´tri|ous|ly — in|dus|tri|ous «ihn DUHS tree uhs», adjective. 1. working hard and steadily; diligent: »An industrious student usually has good grades. SYNONYM(S): assiduous, active. See syn. under busy. (Cf. ↑busy) 2. Obsolete. showing intelligent or skillful… …   Useful english dictionary

  • in|dus|tri|ous — «ihn DUHS tree uhs», adjective. 1. working hard and steadily; diligent: »An industrious student usually has good grades. SYNONYM(S): assiduous, active. See syn. under busy. (Cf. ↑busy) 2. Obsolete. showing intelligent or skillful work. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

  • in|dus|tri|al|ize — «ihn DUHS tree uh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. 1. to make industrial; develop large industries as an important feature in (a country or economic system): »Industrialized nations consume natural resources at several times the rate of agrarian… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ag|ro-in|dus|tri|al — «AG roh ihn DUHS tree uhl», adjective. involving or combining agriculture and industry; agricultural and industrial …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|in|dus|tri|al|ize — «DEE ihn DUHS tree uh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to reduce or break up the industry or industrial capacity of (a defeated or occupied country): »The policy of deindustrializing Germany was abandoned in 1948 (London Times) …   Useful english dictionary

  • in|dus|tri|al-strength — in|dus|tri|al strength, «ihn DUHS tree uhl strehngkth», adjective very strong or intense; heavy duty: » industrial strength nylon; Despite its industrial strength name Heavy Hitter the new hammer is almost too nice for real work …   Useful english dictionary

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