industrial revolutionn.

Brit.

/ɪnˈdʌstrɪəl ˌrɛvəˈl(j)uːʃn/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈdəstriəl ˌrɛvəˈluʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: industrial adj., revolution n.

Etymology: < industrial adj. + revolution n., after French révolution industrielle (1827 or earlier with reference to the rapid contemporary development of industry in France; with specific reference to England, apparently first used in 1837 by A.-J. Blanqui in his Hist. de l'économie politique en Europe II. 209).On the history of the concept and term, see further A. Bezanson, ‘The Early Use of the Term Industrial Revolution’, in Quarterly Jrnl. Economics (1922) 36 343–9.

A rapid development of industry, chiefly as a result of the introduction of new or improved machinery and large-scale production methods; spec. (usually with capital initials) the development which took place in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and spread to Western Europe and North America.

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industrial revolution1840

1840 Rep. Assistant Hand-loom Weavers' Commissioners 332 in Parl. Papers XXIV. 1 That equilibrium which an industrial revolution has disturbed.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. xvii. 119 The opening of a foreign trade..sometimes works a complete industrial revolution in a country whose resources were previously undeveloped.

1884 A. Toynbee (title) Lectures on the Industrial Revolution in England.

1911 C. G. Robertson Eng. under Hanoverians ii. iv. 341 The manufacturer of the Industrial Revolution is the modern master who provides capital, owns his mill or factory,..and creates and maintains a market.

1957 G. E. Wright Biblical Archaeol. viii. 120/2 The Philistine defeat..meant an industrial revolution. Philistine power was broken and the secret of the iron smelting process became common property.

2001 O. Sacks Uncle Tungsten xi. 126 There was an extraordinary appetite for science..in these early, palmy days of the Industrial Revolution.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	industrial revolution
释义	industrial revolutionn. Brit. /ɪnˈdʌstrɪəl ˌrɛvəˈl(j)uːʃn/, U.S. /ᵻnˈdəstriəl ˌrɛvəˈluʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: industrial adj., revolution n. Etymology: < industrial adj. + revolution n., after French révolution industrielle (1827 or earlier with reference to the rapid contemporary development of industry in France; with specific reference to England, apparently first used in 1837 by A.-J. Blanqui in his Hist. de l'économie politique en Europe II. 209).On the history of the concept and term, see further A. Bezanson, ‘The Early Use of the Term Industrial Revolution’, in Quarterly Jrnl. Economics (1922) 36 343–9. A rapid development of industry, chiefly as a result of the introduction of new or improved machinery and large-scale production methods; spec. (usually with capital initials) the development which took place in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and spread to Western Europe and North America. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > [noun] > industrialization or development > industrial revolution industrial revolution1840 1840 Rep. Assistant Hand-loom Weavers' Commissioners 332 in Parl. Papers XXIV. 1 That equilibrium which an industrial revolution has disturbed. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. xvii. 119 The opening of a foreign trade..sometimes works a complete industrial revolution in a country whose resources were previously undeveloped. 1884 A. Toynbee (title) Lectures on the Industrial Revolution in England. 1911 C. G. Robertson Eng. under Hanoverians ii. iv. 341 The manufacturer of the Industrial Revolution is the modern master who provides capital, owns his mill or factory,..and creates and maintains a market. 1957 G. E. Wright Biblical Archaeol. viii. 120/2 The Philistine defeat..meant an industrial revolution. Philistine power was broken and the secret of the iron smelting process became common property. 2001 O. Sacks Uncle Tungsten xi. 126 There was an extraordinary appetite for science..in these early, palmy days of the Industrial Revolution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1840
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