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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suitable to stand up to hard wear
Example:
industrial carpeting
Classified under:
Similar:
heavy-duty (designed for heavy work)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having highly developed industries
Example:
an industrial nation
Classified under:
Similar:
developed; highly-developed ((used of societies) having high industrial development)
industrialised; industrialized (made industrial; converted to industrialism)
postindustrial (of or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and research)
Also:
progressive (favoring or promoting progress)
Antonym:
nonindustrial (not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Employed in industry
Example:
industrial work
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
blue-collar (of or designating manual industrial work or workers)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of or relating to or resulting from industry
Example:
industrial output
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
industry (the organized action of making of goods and services for sale)
Context examples:
This technology, which was applied on an industrial scale at the facilities of Biomasa del Guadalquivir, uses a semi-permeable cover (membrane) system that prevents unpleasant smells from escaping and shortens the process time.
(Scientists validate a new technology that transforms sewage sludge into fertilizer more efficiently, University of Granada)
Persistent organic pollutants are chemicals once used in agriculture, disease control, manufacturing, and industrial processes.
(Persistent organic pollutants in maternal blood linked to smaller fetal size, National Institutes of Health)
A highly reactive base and reducing agent used in many industrial and medical applications.
(Hydrazine, NCI Thesaurus)
An aluminum salt of sulfuric acid, an industrial chemical used in many industrial applications.
(Aluminum Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
Others are the result of human activities, like lead poisoning from paint, or exposure to asbestos or mercury from mining or industrial use.
(Environmental Health, NIH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
"It is now apparent there are either unidentified industrial leakages, large emissions from contaminated sites, or unknown CCl4 sources."
(Ozone-depleting compound persists, NASA)
The branch of applied psychology that is concerned with efficient management of an industrial labor force and especially with problems encountered by workers in a mechanized environment.
(Industrial Psychology, NCI Thesaurus)
Hydrogenated palm oil has industrial applications.
(Hydrogenated Palm Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
Certain jobs such as industrial jobs or hobbies such as carpentry make this type of injury more likely.
(Eye Injuries, NIH)
Poison ivy is a frequent cause of such reactivity, due to the urushiol from the plant, as are a variety of antigens derived from industrial exposure (e.g. rubber, chromate, nickel).
(Contact Hypersensitivity, NCI Thesaurus)
