preindustrial

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pre- +‎ industrial.

Adjective

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:
      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:
      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

Translations

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾeindusˈtɾjal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: prein‧dus‧trial

Adjective

preindustrial m or f (masculine and feminine plural preindustriales)

  1. preindustrial

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