in·dus·tri·al
Pronounced:
/ɪnˈdʌstrijəl/
Function:
adjectiveMeaning:
1 : of or relating to industry : of or relating to factories, the people who work in factories, or the things made in factories ▪ industrial development ▪ There are thousands of industrial uses for plastic. ▪ an industrial engineer ▪ He had an industrial accident. [=an accident at work]
2 [more in*dus*tri*al; most in*dus*tri*al] : having a developed industry : having factories that actively make a product ▪ an industrial nation/region/city
3 : coming from or used in industry : made or used in factories ▪ industrial diamonds ▪ an industrial chemical ; also : stronger than most other products of its kind ▪ an industrial cleaner
2 [more in*dus*tri*al; most in*dus*tri*al] : having a developed industry : having factories that actively make a product ▪ an industrial nation/region/city
3 : coming from or used in industry : made or used in factories ▪ industrial diamonds ▪ an industrial chemical ; also : stronger than most other products of its kind ▪ an industrial cleaner
—in·dus·tri·al·ly adverb ▪ industrially made glass ▪ Most crops are grown industrially. [=by large corporations and not individual farmers]