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   industrial

   /ɪnˈdʌstrɪəl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or characterized by industry: "industrial waste" Similar manufacturingfactorycommercialbusinesstrade
   • ▪ having highly developed industries: "the major industrial nations" Similar manufacturingfactorycommercialbusinesstrade
   • ▪ designed or suitable for use in industry: "industrial heating oil"
   • ▪ (of a disease or injury) contracted or sustained in the course of employment, especially in a factory.
   • 2. very great in extent or amount: "we are seeing tax avoidance on an industrial scale"
   • 3. relating to or denoting a type of harsh, uncompromising rock music incorporating sounds resembling those produced by industrial machinery: "noisy, industrial dance music"

   noun

   • 1. shares in industrial companies.

   Word Origin late 15th century: from industry + -al; in later use influenced by French industriel.

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