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| industrial revolution definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | change in technology, brought about by improvements in machinery and by use of steam power | 127 sets | |
| 2 | the change from an agricultural to an industrial society and from home manufacturing to factory production, especially the one that took place in england from about 1750 to about 1850. | 64 sets | |
| 3 | the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation | 45 sets | |
| 4 | a series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods. | 31 sets | |
| 5 | shift in production from hand tool to complex machines | 29 sets | |
| 6 | a series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods | 23 sets | |
| 7 | the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began about 1760 in england and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments. | 18 sets | |
| 8 | begun about 1760 in england and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments. | 18 sets | |
| 9 | the greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in england in the middle 1700's | 15 sets | |
| 10 | the change from an agricultural to an industrial society and from home manufacturing to factory production, especially the one that took place in england from about 1750 to about 1850 | 15 sets | |
| 11 | during this rapid period of industrial growth more and more countries adopted mess production. handmade goods were quickly replaced by machine-made goods. factory laborers replaced craftsmen and home production | 8 sets | |
| 12 | the change from making goods by hand to making them by machine | 7 sets | |
| 13 | the transformation of the economy, the environment, and living conditions, occurring first in england in the eighteenth century, that resulted from the use of steam engines, the mechanization of manufacturing in factories, transit, and communications (599 | 6 sets | |
| 14 | shift in production from hand tools to complex machines | 6 sets | |
| 15 | (sometimes initial capital letters) the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began about 1760 in england and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments. | 6 sets | |
| 16 | a period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production | 5 sets | |
| 17 | change in technology, brought about by improvements in machinery and by use of steam power. | 5 sets | |
| 18 | the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry which began in great britain and spread to the united states around 1800 | 5 sets | |
| 19 | time period when humans could start mass producing products from raw materials | 5 sets | |
| 20 | burning fossil fuels, artificial substances, high impact, could destroy the earth | 5 sets | |
| 21 | the shift, beginning in england during the 18th century, from making goods by hand to making them by machine. | 5 sets | |
| 22 | period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s | 4 sets | |
| 23 | a period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s | 4 sets | |
| 24 | begun about 1760 in england and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments | 4 sets | |
| 25 | this was a series of economic and mechanical changes of western europe in the 18th - 20th centuries. | 4 sets | |
| 26 | before it, most goods were produced by hand and most people were farmers, but it led to a shift towards manufacturing and cities. machines replaced hand tools and new sources of power, such as steam and electricity, replaced human and animal power. | 4 sets | |
| 27 | the increased output of machine-made goods that began in england | 4 sets | |
| 28 | the term applied to the social and economic changes in agriculture, commerce and manufacturing that resulted from technological innovations and specialization in late-eighteenth-century europe | 4 sets | |
| 29 | the rapid economic changes that occurred in agriculture and manufacturing in england in the late 18th century and that rapidly spread to other parts of the developed world. | 4 sets | |
| 30 | a change in the making of goods from small workshops to large factories that used machines | 4 sets | |
| 31 | period characterized by the rapid social and economic changes in manufacturing and agriculture that occurred in england during the late 18th century and rapidly diffused to other parts of the developed world. | 4 sets | |
| 32 | the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry which began in great britain and spread to the united states around 1800. | 4 sets | |
| 33 | series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods. | 4 sets | |
| 34 | occured in the u.k. and changed the way goods were made. | 4 sets | |
| 35 | 1750-1850 | 4 sets | |
| 36 | the change in social and economic organization that resulted from the replacement of hand tools with machines and from the development of large-scale industrial production | 4 sets | |
| 37 | a time period where machines began to take over much of the work done by people and animals | 4 sets | |
| 38 | 1750 - 1900 | 4 sets | |
| 39 | a series of imprmements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods | 4 sets | |
| 40 | period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s. | 3 sets | |