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The development of industry on an extensive scale
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industrialisation
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Industrialisation or industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial one, involving the extensive re-organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing . As ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
chiefly British English spelling of industrialization (q.v.); for spelling, see -ize .
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (label en British spelling) (alternative spelling of industrialization English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the development of industry on an extensive scale [syn: industrialization , industrial enterprise ]
Usage examples of industrialisation.
However, if the population was spread around the new planets (less than a billion each), all of them would have a natural environment, allowing them to keep their present level of consumerist industrialisation and not totally screw up the atmospheres with waste heat.