industrial : Idioms & Phrases

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american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations

  • noun the largest federation of North American labor unions; formed in 1955
    AFL-CIO.
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congress of industrial organizations

  • noun a federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955
    CIO.
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dow-jones industrial average

  • noun an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange
    Dow Jones.
    • the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing
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industrial air pollution

  • noun pollution resulting from an industrial plant discharging pollutants into the atmosphere
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industrial arts

  • noun a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools
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industrial bank

  • noun a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers
    industrial bank.
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industrial disease

  • noun disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)
    occupational disease.
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industrial engineering

  • noun the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways
    industrial engineering.
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industrial enterprise

  • noun the development of industry on an extensive scale
    industrialization; industrialisation.
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Industrial exhibition

  • a public exhibition of the various industrial products of a country, or of various countries.
Webster 1913

industrial loan company

  • noun a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers
    industrial bank.
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industrial management

  • noun the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways
    industrial engineering.
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industrial park

  • noun a tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories
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industrial plant

  • noun buildings for carrying on industrial labor
    plant; works.
    • they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles
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industrial process

  • noun a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something
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industrial psychology

  • noun any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc.
    applied psychology.
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industrial revolution

  • noun the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
    technological revolution.
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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.
Webster 1913

industrial union

  • noun a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft
    vertical union.
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industrial watercourse

  • noun a canal that is operated by one or more industries
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industrial workers of the world

  • noun a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I
    IWW; I.W.W..
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industrial-strength

  • adjective satellite extremely strong or concentrated or durable
    weapons-grade.
    • industrial-strength detergent
    • weapons-grade salsa
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military-industrial complex

  • noun a country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment
    • we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex"--Dwight David Eisenhower
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toxic industrial waste

  • noun poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means)
    toxic waste.
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