n. (Finance) an index of certain stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange, computed by the Dow Jones publishing company as a weighted average of the prices of the common stocks of 30 specific companies classified as "industrial". The Dow Jones Industrial Average is often taken as an indicator of the movement of American stock prices generally, though other indices are maintained, averaging the prices of other stocks, and these often change in opposite directions from those of the DJIA.
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,
Industrial school,
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Industrialism must not confounded with industriousness. H. Spencer. [ 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;
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adv. With reference to industry. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An area designated in zoning regulations to be used by industry, often located in a suburban area, and having some park-like sections. [ 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 ]
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