industrial quality

English

Noun

industrial quality (plural industrial qualities)

1. (manufacturing) A type of characteristic, feature, or quality that is applicable in an industry or an industrial process.
   • 1914, Norman Burrell Dearle, Industrial Training - With Special Reference to the Conditions Prevailing in London, page 424:

     and the inferior industrial quality of many after they have been trained, cause employers to rely more and more on the provincial supply.

   • 1964, United States Congress, Reports and Documents, page 100:

     Industrial quality will continue to be sold only in larger size rods.

   • 1980, United States - Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Federal System for Acquiring Audiovisual Productions - Volumes 1-2, page 32:

     You should never require that the product be of industrial quality, inasmuch as some producers can provide broadcast quality at a price competitive with industrial quality.

   • 1982, United States International Trade Commission, Carbon Steel Wire Rod from Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago - Determination of the Commission in Investigations Nos. 731-TA-113 and 731-TA-114 (preliminary) Under Section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, Together with the Information Obtained in the Investigations, page A-4:

     Standard industrial quality steel rod is used primarily in the production of wire mesh , clothes hangers and chain link fences where the tolerances required of the product are relatively low.

Adjective

industrial quality (not comparable)

1. Of such a quality.