as in mechanical
of or relating to manufacture performed by humans or machines rather than natural processes
They utilize industrial practices to produce large quantities of material. The late 1700s gave rise to an industrial boom.
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There is, of course, some of Doom 2016’s signature industrial droning in the background of each track to try to imbue at least some of the franchise’s sonic fingerprint.
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Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Hyundai’s $20 billion push into auto and steel plants will demand assembly line workers, quality control inspectors, and industrial mechanics.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
This is what sets apart a family farm from an industrial operation, or a craft brewery from a conglomerate.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
While submarine construction has increased drastically, the number of suppliers to the industrial base has dropped to about 5,000 from the 17,000 companies in business during the last submarine construction surge in the 1980s, the Navy said.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
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Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Hyundai’s $20 billion push into auto and steel plants will demand assembly line workers, quality control inspectors, and industrial mechanics.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
This is what sets apart a family farm from an industrial operation, or a craft brewery from a conglomerate.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
While submarine construction has increased drastically, the number of suppliers to the industrial base has dropped to about 5,000 from the 17,000 companies in business during the last submarine construction surge in the 1980s, the Navy said.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Industrial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/industrial. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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