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Industrial

//ɪnˈdʌs.tɹi.əl// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

    "The industrial segment of the economy has seen troubles lately."

  2. 2
    Produced by such industry.

    "Handicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless."

  3. 3
    Used by such industry.

    "More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel."

  4. 4
    Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.

    "This is an industrial product—it's much too strong for home use."

  5. 5
    Massive in scale or quantity.
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  1. 6
    Employed as manpower by such industry.

    "Come, all ye workers, from every land, / Come, join in the grand industrial band; / Then we our share of this earth shall demand."

  2. 7
    Having many industries; industrialized.

    "Italy is a part-industrial, part-rural nation."

  3. 8
    Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.

    "a track with clashing industrial beats"

Adjective
  1. 1
    suitable to stand up to hard wear wordnet
  2. 2
    having highly developed industries wordnet
  3. 3
    employed in industry wordnet
  4. 4
    of or relating to or resulting from industry wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States.
  2. 2
    A township in Saginaw, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    An employee in industry. countable, dated, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A bond or stock issued by such a company. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience. countable, uncountable

    "Actor, director, and producer for three decades offers coaching and directing in scenes, improves, cold copy, script analysis, commercials, voice-overs, industrials, film, and stage."

  5. 5
    Ellipsis of industrial music. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

    "I wish they'd play more industrial in this club."

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  1. 6
    Ellipsis of industrial piercing. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French industriel. By surface analysis, industry + -al.

Etymology 2

From French industriel. By surface analysis, industry + -al.

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