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industrial

 adjective
     
Related topics: Industry
in‧dus‧tri‧al W1
1TI relating to industry or the people working in it
industrial production/output
Industrial production has risen by 0.5% since November.
industrial development/growth
rapid post-war industrial development
industrial conflict/dispute/unrest (=disagreement between workers and their employers)
Last year 1.3 million workers took part in industrial disputes.
industrial accident/injury (=happening at work)
2TI having many industries
industrial countries/nations/states
a meeting of the world's major industrial nations
industrial area/zone
pollution in industrial areas
By 1900 Britain was a mainly industrial society.
3TI of the type used in industry:
cleaning products that are for industrial use only (=not to be used at home)
—industrially adverb
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