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industrial

  • adjective
  • in·du·stri·al
  • /ɪnˈdʌs.tɹi.əl/

Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

Example

“The industrial segment of the economy has seen troubles lately.”

Other meanings

  1. Produced by such industry.

    “Handicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless.”

  2. Used by such industry.

Example sentences

  • “What are the industrial applications of boron?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From French "industriel".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “industrial” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.