industrial revolution

noun

: a rapid major change in an economy (as in England in the late 18th century) marked by the general introduction of power-driven machinery or by an important change in the prevailing types and methods of use of such machines

Examples of industrial revolution in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Proponents argued that tariffs would shield American workers from the socially deleterious consequences of the industrial revolution that were already observable by the early 19th century in Europe, especially in Britain. — Made By History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025

At the start of the industrial revolution, atmospheric CO2 levels were just 280 ppm. —Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025

Analyses of that gas revealed that levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were lower for tens of thousands of years before the industrial revolution. —Paul Bierman, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025

In the aftermath of the industrial revolution, much of the richest countries’ official reserves consisted only of gold. —Victor Rosario, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for industrial revolution

• ablution
• aleutian
• confucian
• dilution
• elution
• locution
• pollution
• solution
• volution
• absolution
• allocution
• attribution

Kids Definition

industrial revolution

noun

: a rapid major change in an economy (as in England in the late 18th century) marked by the general introduction of power-driven machinery