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proto-industrialization

proto-industrialization noun: a phase of incipient industrialization of a country, before full industrialization, in which the necessary conditions for the latter are established.

Noun

proto-industrialization (uncountable)

  1. A phase of incipient industrialization of a country, before full industrialization, in which the necessary conditions for the latter are established.

Origin of proto-industrialization

From proto- + industrialization.

Questions about proto-industrialization

What does proto-industrialization mean?
Proto-industrialization means a phase of incipient industrialization of a country, before full industrialization, in which the necessary conditions for the latter are established.
What part of speech is proto-industrialization?
Proto-industrialization is a noun.

Words near proto-industrialization in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeans
  2. Proto-Indo-Germanic
  3. Proto-Indo-Hittite
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian
  5. Proto-Indo-Iranians
  6. proto-industrialization
  7. proto-industries
  8. proto-industry
  9. Proto-Inuit
  10. Proto-Inupik
  11. Proto-Iranian

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