工 業 革 命(こうぎょうかくめい)

こうぎょうかくめい

noun

Industrial Revolution

1. the Industrial Revolution

The historical transformation, beginning in 18th-century Britain, in which manufacturing shifted from hand production to machines, factories, and mechanized industry.

工業革命(こうぎょうかくめい)について学(まな)ぶ。

We study the Industrial Revolution.

工業革命(こうぎょうかくめい)はイギリスで始(はじ)まった。

The Industrial Revolution began in Britain.

工業革命(こうぎょうかくめい)によって人々(ひとびと)の暮(く)らしや働(はたら)き方(かた)が大(おお)きく変(か)わった。

The Industrial Revolution greatly changed how people lived and worked.

Formed from 工業(こうぎょう) (industry, manufacturing) + 革命(かくめい) (revolution). A standard term in history and social-studies education.

Common collocations

産業革命(さんぎょうかくめい): the Industrial Revolution (the more common synonym)
第(だい)四次(よじ)産業革命(さんぎょうかくめい): the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Similar words

産業革命(さんぎょうかくめい): Industrial Revolution — the more widely used term in Japanese textbooks; 工業革命(こうぎょうかくめい) stresses the shift to factory manufacturing specifically
技術革新(ぎじゅつかくしん): technological innovation — refers to advances in technology in general, not the specific historical event

Related Words

Compare: 産業(さんぎょう)革命(かくめい) (Industrial Revolution)

Compare: 技術革新(ぎじゅつかくしん) (technological innovation)

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