industrial

/ษชnหˆdสŒstษนษชษ™l/

IPA: /IH0 N D AH1 S T R IY0 AH0 L/

noun
  1. 1

    (19th-mid 20th century) An employee in industry.

  2. 2

    An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.

  3. 3

    A bond or stock issued by such a company.

  4. 4

    A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience.

  5. 5

    Industrial music.

    โ€œI wish they'd play more industrial in this club.โ€

  6. 6

    An industrial piercing.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

    โ€œThe industrial segment of the economy has seen troubles lately.โ€

  2. 2

    Produced by such industry.

    โ€œHandicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless.โ€

  3. 3

    Used by such industry.

  4. 4

    Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.

    โ€œThis is an industrial productโ€”it's much too strong for home use.โ€

  5. 5

    Massive in scale or quantity.

  6. 6

    Employed as manpower by such industry.

  7. 7

    (of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.

    โ€œItaly is a part-industrial, part-rural nation.โ€

  8. 8

    Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.

    โ€œa track with clashing industrial beatsโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/industrial