industrial
adjective /ɪnˈdʌstriəl/
/ɪnˈdʌstriəl/
[usually before noun]- 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
- used by industries
- industrial chemicals
- having many industries
- an industrial city/town
- an industrial society
- the world’s leading industrial nations
- very great in extent or amount
- They had made industrial quantities of food.
- They were guilty of fraud on an industrial scale.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from industry + -al; in later use influenced by French industriel.