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It was also the 11th consecutive monthly fall in German industrial order books, which analysts see as a key if volatile economic indicator.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or resulting from industry: industrial development; industrial pollution.
  2. adjective Having highly developed industries: an industrial nation.
  3. adjective Employed, required, or used in industry: industrial workers; industrial diamonds.
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  • Analysts said the drop in German industrial emissions was largely due to a switch by utilities to burning bituminous coal from more carbon-intensive lignite, also knows as brown coal. —  Reuters: Top News
  • Holding management overnight is an extreme, though not entirely uncommon, tactic in French industrial disputes and first rose to prominence during the 1968 revolt by students and workers.
  • We're going through what I call the industrial revolution of data production. —  Independent Information Technology and business analysis from IT-Analysis.com
  • It was also the 11th consecutive monthly fall in German industrial order books, which analysts see as a key if volatile economic indicator. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • • In complex agricultural, industrial, and 'post - industrial' societies, other institutions displace kinship. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. = Old French industrial, French industriel = Spanish Portuguese industrial = Italian industriale, from Middle Latin industrialis, pertaining to industry, from Latin industria, industry: see industry.
 

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