industrial
industrial
/ɪnˈdʌstriəl/
1 connected with industry
an industrial dispute
industrial unrest
an industrial accident
Industrial production fell in December by 1.4 per cent.
policy with regard to future industrial development
India has a large industrial sector.
a huge industrial complex
the country's industrial base
2 sed by industries
industrial chemicals
3 having many industries
an industrial city/town
an industrial society
the world’s leading industrial nations
4 very great in extent or amount
They had made industrial quantities of food.
They were guilty of fraud on an industrial scale.
Word Origin
late 15th cent.: from industry + -al; in later use influenced by French industriel.