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industrialisation

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Noun1.industrialisation - the development of industry on an extensive scale
industrial enterprise, industrialization
manufacture, industry - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"


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The diminution of wood began with industrialisation and accelerated with the advent of reinforced concrete and steel towards the end of the nineteenth century.
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In Thailand, a young academic called Pisit made friends with the local fishermen, who were under threat from illegal industrialisation.
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