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Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-duhs-tree-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdʌs tri əl



Definition of industrial

Origin :
  • 1774, from French industriel, from Medieval Latin industrialis, from Latin industria (see industry). Earlier the word had been used in English in a sense "resulting from labor" (1580s); the modern use is considered a reborrowing. Meaning "suitable for industrial use" is from 1904. As a style of dance music, attested from 1988. Industrial revolution was in use by 1840 to refer to recent developments and changes in England and elsewhere.
  • adj related to manufacturing
Example sentences :
  • But could you not return to industrial life and do something productive?
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • An important part was taken by her in industrial and commercial life.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Contrast this with what we have been willing to accept as art in our industrial towns.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • They had the manual arts and crafts of the industrial North.
  • Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
  • This volume is the first part of a study of the Industrial Revolution.
  • Extract from : « The Enclosures in England » by Harriett Bradley
  • Mighty as is the industrial civilization of your day, that of Atlantis was mightier.
  • Extract from : « The Heads of Apex » by Francis Flagg
  • Some beginning in industrial drawing has been made in all our institutions.
  • Extract from : « The American Missionary--Volume 39, No. 02, February, 1885 » by Various
  • Hence the need of Industrial Missions, and the fact that they exist.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • It is therefore basically not a plan of arbitration, nor is it an industrial court.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • There is little to be gained by discussion of the causes of industrial unrest.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg

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