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Industrial Revolution — Inˌdustrial Revoˈlution noun [singular] the period in the 18th and 19th centuries when machines were first used to produce goods on a large scale: • The Industrial Revolution created a great demand for urban housing. * * * industrial revolution… … Financial and business terms
industrial revolution — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Industrial Revolution — n. [often i r ] the change in social and economic organization resulting from the replacement of hand tools by machine and power tools and the development of large scale industrial production: applied to this development in England from about… … English World dictionary
industrial revolution — (sometimes caps.) the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began about 1760 in England and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power driven machines, as the power loom… … Universalium
Industrial Revolution — The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions in Britain. The changes… … Wikipedia
Industrial Revolution — noun the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑technological revolution • Instance Hypernyms: ↑historic period, ↑age * * * noun the Industrial Revolution : the major social and economic changes that… … Useful english dictionary
Industrial Revolution — A period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s. The Industrial Revolution, beginning in Great Britain, quickly spread throughout the world. This time period saw the mechanization of agriculture and… … Investment dictionary
Industrial revolution — The Industrial Revolution took place during the mid to late nineteenth century and saw significant social, technological, and economic progress. For the fashion industry, it began with advances in the mass production of textiles due to earlier … Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
Industrial Revolution — In.dustrial Revo lution n the Industrial Revolution the period in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and the USA when machines were invented and the first factories were established … Dictionary of contemporary English
Industrial Revolution, The — This term is used to refer to the period of rapid social, economic, demographic, and technological change which took place in Britain from the latter half of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century. There is much debate … Dictionary of sociology
Industrial Revolution in China — There was no indigenous Industrial Revolution in China in the 18th and 19th centuries like that of Europe. Numerous factors have been suggested, including ecology, government, and culture. Traditional view Until the 1970s, economic historians… … Wikipedia
