Definition of "industrial" in English

adjective

1. Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

   • The industrial segment of the economy has seen troubles lately.

2. Produced by such industry.

   • Handicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless.

3. Used by such industry.

4. Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.

   • This is an industrial product—it's much too strong for home use.

5. Massive in scale or quantity.

6. Employed as manpower by such industry.

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

   • Italy is a part-industrial, part-rural nation.

8. (music) Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.

   • a track with clashing industrial beats

noun

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

2. (business) An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.

3. (finance) A bond or stock issued by such a company.

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

5. (informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of industrial music.

   • I wish they'd play more industrial in this club.

6. (informal) Ellipsis of industrial piercing.