large-scale industry

  • 1industry — /in deuh stree/, n., pl. industries for 1, 2, 7. 1. the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry. 2. any general… …

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  • 2Industry of the People's Republic of China — Industry produced 53.7 percent of the People s Republic of China’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005. Industry (including mining, manufacturing, construction, and power) contributed 46.8 percent of GDP in 2010 and occupied 27 percent of the… …

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  • 3Industry of China — Industry produced 53.1 percent of China’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005. Industry (including mining, manufacturing, construction, and power) contributed 52.9 percent of GDP in 2004 and occupied 22.5 percent of the workforce. The… …

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  • 4industry — [in′dəs trē] n. pl. industries [LME < MFr industrie < L industria < industrius, active, industrious < * indo struus < OL endo (> L in) + struere, to pile up, arrange: see STREW] 1. Obs. a) skill or cleverness b) the application… …

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  • 5Industry of Pakistan — Pakistan ranks forty first in the world and fifty fifth worldwide in factory output.Pakistan s industrial sector accounts for about 24% of GDP. Cotton textile production and apparel manufacturing are Pakistan s largest industries, accounting for… …

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  • 6industry — in|dus|try W1S3 [ˈındəstri] n plural industries [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: industrie skill, work involving skill , from Latin industria willingness to work hard ] 1.) [U] a) the large scale production of goods or of substances such… …

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  • 7Industry Lifecycle — A concept relating to the different stages an industry will go through, from the first product entry to its eventual decline. There are typically five stages in the industry lifecycle. They are defined as: i. Early Stages Phase alternative… …

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  • 8Industry — For other uses of this term, see Industry (disambiguation) An industry (from Latin industrius , diligent, industrious ) is the manufacturing of a good or service within a category. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/industry industry… …

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  • 9industry — /ˈɪndəstri / (say induhstree) noun (plural industries) 1. a particular branch of trade or manufacture: the steel industry. 2. any large scale business activity: the tourist industry. 3. manufacture or trade as a whole: the growth of industry in… …

  • 10Japanese heavy industry (1930–1945) — Japanese industry grew spectacularly starting in 1930. In its first 75 years (following the Meiji Restoration), factory production in Japan was all but non existent, but by the 1930s Japan was at a level comparable to many industrialized European …

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