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industry

Economic sector characterized by large scale automated manufacturing as in industrialization

Entityeconomic sector economic productionQ8148

Also known as industry (manufacturing) · industrial sector

Instance of: economic sector
, economic production
Subclass of: economic activity
, secondary sector of the economy

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Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high-tech, but it is most commonly applied to industrial design, in which raw materials from the primary sector are transformed into finished goods on a large scale. Such goods may be sold to other manufacturers for the production of other more complex products, or distributed via the tertiary sector to end users and consumers.

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Wikimedia outline: outline of industry
Different from: industry
Said to be the same as: nijverheid
Hashtag: industries
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1.“Best Showbiz Podcasts (2024)”player.fm/podcasts/IndustriesRetrieved 2024-08-08
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