industrial

Definition

Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

Etymology

From French industriel. By surface analysis, industry + -al.

Example Sentences

• "The industrial segment of the economy has seen troubles lately."
• "Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles."
• "Handicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless."

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