(n) the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways, Syn.industrial management
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
The great ideas of industrial development and economic social amelioration. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. To make industrial; to develop so that most of the working population is engaged in non-agricultural labor; to develop economically; -- of nations or geographical areas; as, to industrialize underdeveloped nations. [ PJC ]
n. The changes in the methods of production as well as the resulting changes in economic and social organization accompanying the replacement of hand labor by power-driven machinery. It started in England in about 1760, and spread to other countries with very varying time lags. The introduction of powered machinery such as the steam engine and power loom led to the concentration of large areas of manufacturing in large companies, and made some goods more plentiful and cheaper by mechanical production and economies of scale. [ PJC ]
a. [ L. industrius, industriosus: cf. F. industrieux. See Industry. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Frugal and industrious men are commonly friendly to the established government. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an industrious mischief maker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Industrious to seek out the truth of all things. Spenser.
-- In*dus"tri*ous*ly, adv. -- In*dus"tri*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
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