preindustrial

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ industrial.

Adjective

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preindustrial (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the period before the Industrial Revolution and the global industrialisation that followed.
    • 2021 January 13, Corey J.A. Bradshaw et al., “Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future”, in Frontiers in Conservation Science[1]:
      Civilization has already exceeded a global warming of ~1.0◦C above pre-industrial conditions[.]
    • 2022 November 4, Fiona Harvey, “UN chief warns ‘we will be doomed’ without historic climate pact”, in The Guardian[2]:
      At last year’s summit in Glasgow, countries agreed to focus on limiting global temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, but recent UN reports have shown that current policies would raise temperatures by about 2.5C.
  2. Not yet industrialized.
    a preindustrial nation

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾeindusˈtɾjal/ [pɾẽĩn̪.d̪usˈt̪ɾjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: prein‧dus‧trial

Adjective

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preindustrial m or f (masculine and feminine plural preindustriales)

  1. preindustrial

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