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industriell

Industriell is a Swedish adjective meaning related to industry, manufacturing, or industrial processes. It is used across fields such as economics, engineering, design, and architecture to describe things connected with production, machinery, or large‑scale industry. The term appears in phrases like industriell design, industriell produktion, and industriell automation, as well as in discussions of the industrial era and related aesthetics.

Etymology and usage notes: Industriell derives from the Latin industria, via French industriel and English industrial,

Contexts and examples: In economic and historical discourse, industriell is used to distinguish manufacturing-oriented activities from

See also: industrialization, industrial design, industrial architecture, industrial sociology.

Notes: While the word is most often used in Swedish, parallel terms exist in other languages (industriell

and
has
been
adopted
into
Swedish
to
denote
things
pertaining
to
industry.
In
Swedish
grammar,
its
inflection
follows
standard
adjective
patterns:
industriellt
for
neuter
adjectives,
industriella
for
plural
forms,
and
the
definite
forms
such
as
den
industriella
revolutionen
or
de
industriella
revolutionerna
when
referring
to
the
industrial
revolution
in
Swedish.
service
or
scientific
domains.
In
design
and
architecture,
the
term
is
common
in
discussions
of
industrial
design,
industrial
aesthetics,
and
industrial
architecture,
where
emphasis
is
placed
on
function,
machinery,
and
the
use
of
industrial
materials
like
metal
and
concrete.
The
concept
also
appears
in
everyday
language
to
describe
processes,
tools,
or
environments
associated
with
factories
and
mass
production.
in
Swedish,
industriel
in
French,
industrial
in
English)
reflecting
shared
roots
in
industry
and
production.