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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary in·dus·tri·al
DATE 15th century 1. of or relating to industry 2. derived from human industry industrial wealth 3. engaged in industry the industrial classes 4. used in or developed for use in industry industrial diamonds also : heavy-duty an industrial zipper 5. characterized by highly developed industries an industrial nation
noun DATE 1865 1. a. one that is employed in industry b. a company engaged in industrial production or service 2. a stock or bond issued by an industrial corporation or enterprise English Etymology industrial 1774, from Fr. industriel, from M.L. industrialis, from L.industria (see industry). As a style of dance music, attested from 1988. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ industrial in·dus·trial / in5dQstriEl / adjective[usually before noun] 1. connected with industry 工业的；产业的: industrial unrest 产业工人骚乱 industrial output 工业产量 an industrial accident 工伤事故 They had made industrial quantities of food (= a lot). 他们生产了大量的食品。 2. used by industries 用于工业的: industrial chemicals 工业用化学制品 3. having many industries 有很多产业的；工业发达的: an industrial town 工业城市 an industrial society 工业发达的社会 the world's leading industrial nations 全球主要工业国 • in·dus·tri·al·ly / -Eli / adv.: industrially advanced countries 工业发达的国家 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: agro-industrial , or industrial action , or industrial archaeology , or industrial melanism, or industrial-revenue bond , or industrial-strength , or military-industrial complex , or industrial archaeologist , or industrial accession , or industrial accident , or industrial accident and health insurance , or industrial alcohol , or industrial art , or industrial bank, or industrial carrier , or industrial center , or industrial chemistry , or industrial democracy , or industrial design , or industrial designer, or industrial disease , or industrial engineer , or industrial engineering , or industrial geography , or industrial hygiene , or industrial insurance , or industrial life insurance , or industrial park , or industrial property , or industrial psychology , or industrial railroad , or industrial relations , or industrial revolution , or industrial school , or industrial sociology , or industrial store , or industrial unionin·dus·tri·al I. \ə̇nˈdəstrēəl\ adjective Etymology: partly from Middle French, produced by systematic labor, from industrie employment involving skill (from Latin industria diligence) + -al; partly from French industriel of or belonging to industry (especially manufacturing), from industrie industry (from Latin industria diligence) + -el, -al, from Latin -alis — more at industry 1. : of or belonging to industry: as a. : being in or part of industry < industrial work > < an industrial employment > b. : being or constituting an industry < an industrial enterprise > c. : characterized by highly developed industries or being chiefly dependent economically upon industry < an industrial nation > d. : engaged in industry or in industries especially at manual labor < the industrial classes > e. : derived from human industry rather than from natural advantages only or from profit only < industrial wealth > < an industrial crop > f. : belonging to or aiding those engaged in industry < industrial wages > < industrial safety > < industrial training > g. : produced by an organized industry < industrial products > h. : used or designed or developed for use in industry < industrial fabrics > < an industrial diamond > < wrapping, building, and other industrial papers > 2. : belonging to industrial life or accident and health insurance II. noun (-s) 1. a. : one that is employed in a manufacturing industry b. : a company engaged in industrial production or service 2. industrials plural : stocks or bonds of industrial companies 3. : something industrial (as an industrial diamond) as opposed to something else that is of the same class of things but used or designed for use for a nonindustrial purpose III. adjective : heavy-duty < an industrial zipper > IV. noun Usage: often attributive : highly amplified rock music that is characterized by a fast beat and electronic samples |
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