preindustrial
preindustrial adjective: of or relating to the period before the Industrial Revolution and the global industrialization that followed.
Adjective
preindustrial (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the period before the Industrial Revolution and the global industrialization that followed.
- Civilization has already exceeded a global warming of ~1.0◦C above pre-industrial conditions[.]2021 January 13, Corey J.A. Bradshaw et al., “Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future”, in Frontiers in Conservation Science
- 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.2022 November 4, Fiona Harvey, “UN chief warns ‘we will be doomed’ without historic climate pact”, in The Guardian
- Not yet industrialized.
- a preindustrial nation
Forms of preindustrial
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Origin of preindustrial
From pre- + industrial.
Words formed from preindustrial
Questions about preindustrial
- What does preindustrial mean?
- Preindustrial means of or relating to the period before the Industrial Revolution and the global industrialization that followed.
- What part of speech is preindustrial?
- Preindustrial is an adjective.
Words near preindustrial in the dictionary
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