in ‧ dus ‧ tri ‧ al ‧ i ‧ za ‧ tion BrE AmE ( also industrialisation British English ) /ɪnˌdʌstriəlaɪˈzeɪʃ ə n $ -ələ-/ noun [uncountable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ industrialist , ↑ industrialism , ↑ industrialization , ↑ industry ; adjective : ↑ industrial , ↑ industrialized , ↑ industrious ; adverb : ↑ industrially , ↑ industriously ; verb : ↑ industrialize ]
when a country or place develops a lot of industry
—industrialize /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/ verb [intransitive and transitive]