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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Industrial \In*dus"tri*al\, adjective [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.
{Industrial exhibition}, a public exhibition of the various industrial products of a country, or of various countries.
{Industrial school}, a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of industry.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
blue-collar \blue-collar\ adjective
1. of or designating work or workers in industry not requiring well-groomed appearance. [Narrower terms: {industrial}] {white-collar} [WordNet 1.5]
2. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers. [Narrower terms: {lower-class, low-class}]
Syn: propertyless, wage-earning, working-class. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
industrial
adjective
1: of or relating to or resulting from industry; "industrial output"
2: having highly developed industries; "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: suitable to stand up to hard wear; "industrial carpeting"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "industrial": business, commercial, creational, executional, fabricational, formational, functional, manufacturing, mercantile, merchant, official, pro, productional, professional, retail, technical, trade, trading, vocational, wholesale
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