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

The industrial revolution mechanized agriculture, pushing workers off farms and into cities. —Steve Lohr, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024

The Motive Power of Fire The notion of entropy grew out of an attempt at perfecting machinery during the industrial revolution. —Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024

Long before the industrial revolution, humans were forming teams - naturally. —Chris Westfall, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025

The industrial revolution had sent both Americans and Europeans digging deep into the Earth to find the ores and minerals that powered modern industries like coal mining. —Caroline Winterer / Made By History, TIME, 14 Jan. 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