Preindustrial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Preindustrial is an adjective meaning Of or relating to the period before the Industrial Revolution and the global industrialisation that followed.
Meaning
Of or relating to the period before the Industrial Revolution and the global industrialisation that followed.
More Meanings
- Not yet industrialized.
Example Sentences
a preindustrial nation
Civilization has already exceeded a global warming of ~1.0◦C above pre-industrial conditions[.]
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.
Word Forms
- pre-industrial
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pre-industrial, prefactory, precolonial, premodern, pre-colonial, preindustry.
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