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

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

Alternative spelling of preindustrial

plural of industrial disease

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.

An accident that occurs as the result of industrial work.

The relationship between management and workers in a given industry.