- of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of industry
- employed in industry: the industrial workforce
- relating to or concerned with workers in industry: industrial conditions
- used in industry: industrial chemicals
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in•dus•tri•al /ɪnˈdʌstriəl/USA pronunciation
adj. [before a noun]
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- of or relating to industry:industrial pollution.
- having many industries;
industrialized:a well-developed, industrial country. - Music and Dancecharacterized by heavy, harsh-sounding pounding:industrial rock music.
n.
- Business industrials, [plural] stocks and bonds of industrial companies.
in•dus•tri•al
(in dus′trē əl),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
in•dus′tri•al•ly, adv.
in•dus′tri•al•ness, n.
- of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry:industrial production; industrial waste.
- having many and highly developed industries:an industrial nation.
- engaged in an industry or industries:industrial workers.
- of or pertaining to the workers in industries:industrial training.
- Businessused in industry:industrial diamonds: industrial fabrics.
- Businessnoting or pertaining to industrial life insurance.
n.
- Businessan industrial product:diamonds classed as industrials and nonindustrials.
- Businessa company engaged in industrial enterprises.
- Businessan employee in some industry, esp. a manufacturing industry.
- Business industrials, stocks and bonds of industrial companies.
- industry + -al1 1580–90
in•dus′tri•al•ness, n.
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industrial /ɪnˈdʌstrɪəl/ adj
'industrial process' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
block diagram
- clean
- cooling tower
- dirty
- flowchart
- Haber process
- pollutant
- product
- Solvay process
- cogeneration
- manufacture
- return
- sweat