The practical arts, such as engineering, metalworking or carpentry. / The teaching of the knowledge and skills needed to work with tools and machinery.

Alternative spelling of preindustrial

(law, India, dated in England & Wales) A tribunal with jurisdiction to hear labour disputes.

disease or disability caused by employment, such as repetitive acts or exposure to chemicals.

plural of industrial disease

Having a level of potency, concentration, or durability suitable for industrial tasks, as opposed to merely household tasks.

The use of clandestine methods to acquire secret information for commercial advantage. / Spying by an employer on labor union activities of employees and on labor unions.

(chiefly Britain) A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer.

A school specifically training for skills aimed at industrial employment. / (historical) Such a residential school formerly used to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents.

plural of industrial school