Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Industrial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Industrial \In*dus"tri*al\, a. [Cf. F. industriel, LL.
industrialis. See {Industry}.]
Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts
and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor,
especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and
rights.
The great ideas of industrial development and economic
social amelioration. --M. Arnold.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
industrial
adj 1: of or relating to or resulting from industry; "industrial
output"
2: used especially of societies; "the industrial revolution";
"an industrial nation" [ant: {nonindustrial}]
3: employed in industry; "industrial workers"; "the industrial
term in use among professional thieves"
4: employed in industry; "the industrial classes"; "industrial
work"
5: used in industry; "industrial-weight carpeting"
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