light industryn.

Brit.

/ˌlʌɪt ˈɪndəstri/, U.S.

/ˌlaɪd ˈɪndəstri/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, industry n.

Etymology: < light adj.¹ + industry n. Compare heavy industry at heavy adj.¹ 5b.

Industry producing small articles, esp. consumer goods, and typically having less impact on the immediate environment than heavy industry (cf. heavy industry at heavy adj.¹ 5b).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > [noun] > types of industry generally

rural industry1735

heavies1900

sunset1906

cottage industry1911

light industry1916

heavy industry1932

resource industry1938

nuclear industry1954

growth industry1957

space industry1957

knowledge industry1959

sex industry1965

sunrise1972

smokestack industry1979

Tayacian1979

sausage fest1995

1916 Berkeley (Calif.) Daily Gaz. 27 Mar. 4/4 In New York City economic forces tend..to segregate certain light industries near the wholesale, retail, hotel, and passenger terminals centers in Manhattan.

1944 J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. 128 Encouragement must be given to light and secondary industries, for only so can a reasonably balanced economy grow up in colonial areas.

1985 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 8 June 4 It is industry's most mobile parts—the service and light-industry sectors—which benefit least from the current system.

2018 Guardian (Nexis) 23 Dec. Peterborough..has a mixed economy—a combination of light industry, logistics, warehouse parks, digital media companies and service industry.

Derivatives

light inˈdustrial adj. of, relating to, or belonging to light industry; cf. heavy-industrial at heavy adj.¹ 5b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > [adjective] > types of industry generally

heavy1888

light industrial1919

sheltered1924

military-industrial1925

Tayacian1934

footloose1939

linked1942

low technology1956

high technology1964

smokestack1976

old economy1990

1919 Amer. Architect 24 Dec. 799/1 The New York zoning resolution could advantageously be amended to provide for a light industrial district.

1979 J. E. Morpurgo Allen Lane iv. 138 The desert of..light industrial estates..had been allowed to sprawl all over Middlesex.

2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 July x. 18/1 Developers have begun to snap up obsolete warehouses and light industrial buildings..for work/live lofts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	light industry
释义	light industryn. Brit. /ˌlʌɪt ˈɪndəstri/, U.S. /ˌlaɪd ˈɪndəstri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, industry n. Etymology: < light adj.¹ + industry n. Compare heavy industry at heavy adj.¹ 5b. Industry producing small articles, esp. consumer goods, and typically having less impact on the immediate environment than heavy industry (cf. heavy industry at heavy adj.¹ 5b). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > [noun] > types of industry generally rural industry1735 heavies1900 sunset1906 cottage industry1911 light industry1916 heavy industry1932 resource industry1938 nuclear industry1954 growth industry1957 space industry1957 knowledge industry1959 sex industry1965 sunrise1972 smokestack industry1979 Tayacian1979 sausage fest1995 1916 Berkeley (Calif.) Daily Gaz. 27 Mar. 4/4 In New York City economic forces tend..to segregate certain light industries near the wholesale, retail, hotel, and passenger terminals centers in Manhattan. 1944 J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. 128 Encouragement must be given to light and secondary industries, for only so can a reasonably balanced economy grow up in colonial areas. 1985 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 8 June 4 It is industry's most mobile parts—the service and light-industry sectors—which benefit least from the current system. 2018 Guardian (Nexis) 23 Dec. Peterborough..has a mixed economy—a combination of light industry, logistics, warehouse parks, digital media companies and service industry. Derivatives light inˈdustrial adj. of, relating to, or belonging to light industry; cf. heavy-industrial at heavy adj.¹ 5b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > [adjective] > types of industry generally heavy1888 light industrial1919 sheltered1924 military-industrial1925 Tayacian1934 footloose1939 linked1942 low technology1956 high technology1964 smokestack1976 old economy1990 1919 Amer. Architect 24 Dec. 799/1 The New York zoning resolution could advantageously be amended to provide for a light industrial district. 1979 J. E. Morpurgo Allen Lane iv. 138 The desert of..light industrial estates..had been allowed to sprawl all over Middlesex. 2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 July x. 18/1 Developers have begun to snap up obsolete warehouses and light industrial buildings..for work/live lofts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1916
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