industrial:1

adjective
in*dus*tri*al \ in-ˈdə-strē-əl \
1600{ds||1||}
  • of or relating to industry
  • engaged in industry
  • characterized by highly developed industries

industrial:2

noun
industrial \
1831{ds||1|a|}
  • one that is employed in industry
  • a company engaged in industrial production or service
  • a stock or bond issued by an industrial corporation or enterprise

industrial action

noun
industrial action \
1914
  • job action

industrial archaeology

noun
industrial archaeology \
1881
  • the study of the buildings, machinery, and equipment of the industrial revolution

industrial arts

noun
industrial arts \
1815
  • a subject taught in elementary and secondary schools that aims at developing manual skill and familiarity with tools and machines

industrial engineering

noun
industrial engineering \
1911
  • engineering that deals with the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems (as of people, materials, and energy) in industry

industrial melanism

noun
industrial melanism \
1928
  • genetically determined melanism as a population phenomenon especially in moths in which the proportion of dark individuals tends to increase due to differential predation especially by birds which more easily find and eat lighter-colored individuals in habitats darkened by industrial pollution

industrial psychology

noun
industrial psychology \
circa 1924
  • the application of the findings and methods of experimental, clinical, and social psychology to industrial concerns

industrial relations

plural noun
industrial relations \
1833
  • the dealings or relationships of a usually large business or industrial enterprise with its own workers, with labor in general, with governmental agencies, or with the public

industrial revolution

noun
industrial revolution \
1840
  • a rapid major change in an economy (as in England in the late 18th century) marked by the general introduction of power-driven machinery or by an important change in the prevailing types and methods of use of such machines
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