plural of hive of industry

(politics, derogatory) The activists, academics, and organizations whom conservatives allege to be using race issues to acquire power or money.

(economics, accounting) What an industry produces, as a national total.

Made for use by businesses or manufacturers, as opposed to home consumers, and therefore typically larger, stronger, more difficult to operate, and less attractive in appearance.

Ability or capacity, as related to industry.

the time of the Industrial Revolution

(historical) The major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labour to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture.

A process of design applied to products that are to be manufactured through techniques of mass production.

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