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Less emphasis on inventories, I think, may tend to dampen business cycles, because business cycles are typically in the grasp of inventory cycles and heavy industry cycles.
Paul A. Volcker

Meaning of "heavy industry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEAVY INDUSTRY

heavy industry  [ˈhɛvɪ ˈɪndəstrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEAVY INDUSTRY

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Heavy industry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEAVY INDUSTRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

heavy industry

Heavy industry

Heavy industry does not have a single fixed meaning as compared to light industry. It can mean production of products which are either heavy in weight or in the processes leading to their production. In general, it is a popular term used by socialist economic planners and within the name of many East Asian firms, meaning 'construction' for big projects. Example projects include the construction of large buildings, chemical plants, the H-IIA rocket and also includes the production of construction equipment such as cranes and bulldozers. Alternatively, heavy industry projects can be generalized as more capital intensive or as requiring greater or more advanced resources, facilities or management. U. S. Steel Košice - a typical example of a heavy industry factory. Many East Asian companies rely on heavy industry as part of their overall economy. Amongst Japanese and Korean firms with "heavy industry" in their names, many are also manufacturers of aerospace products and...

Definition of heavy industry in the English dictionary

The definition of heavy industry in the dictionary is an industry engaged in the large-scale complex manufacture of capital goods or extraction of raw materials. Other definition of heavy industry is such industries considered collectively.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEAVY INDUSTRY


ancestry
ˈænsɛstrɪ
artistry
ˈɑːtɪstrɪ
biochemistry
ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
chemistry
ˈkɛmɪstrɪ
dentistry
ˈdɛntɪstrɪ
electrochemistry
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
forestry
ˈfɒrɪstrɪ
immunohistochemistry
ˌɪmjʊnəʊˌhɪstəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
industry
ˈɪndəstrɪ
maestri
ˈmaɪstrɪ
ministry
ˈmɪnɪstrɪ
pastry
ˈpeɪstrɪ
registry
ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ
tapestry
ˈtæpɪstrɪ
thermochemistry
ˌθɜːməʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEAVY INDUSTRY

heavy chain
heavy cream
heavy crude
heavy crude oil
heavy cruiser
heavy earth
heavy element
heavy going
heavy goods vehicle
heavy hitter
heavy hydrogen
heavy metal
heavy middleweight
heavy mob
heavy mud
heavy oil
heavy on
heavy spar
heavy type
heavy water

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEAVY INDUSTRY

aviation industry
building industry
construction industry
cotton industry
entertainment industry
fashion industry
fast-food industry
film industry
fishing industry
food industry
growth industry
hospitality industry
hotel industry
leisure industry
light industry
manufacturing industry
movie industry
oil industry
organic chemistry
service industry
steel industry

Synonyms and antonyms of heavy industry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heavy industry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEAVY INDUSTRY

Find out the translation of heavy industry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heavy industry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heavy industry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重工业
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

industria pesada
570 millions of speakers

English

heavy industry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भारी उद्योग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصناعات الثقيلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тяжелая промышленность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indústria pesada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিষ্কার কর্তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

industrie lourde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

industri berat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwerindustrie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重工業
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중공업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Industri abot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công nghiệp nặng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கனரக தொழில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जड उद्योग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağır sanayi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

industria pesante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przemysł ciężki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

важка промисловість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

industria grea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βαριά βιομηχανία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swaar nywerhede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tung industri
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tungindustri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heavy industry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEAVY INDUSTRY»

The term «heavy industry» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.957 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEAVY INDUSTRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heavy industry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heavy industry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heavy industry

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2 QUOTES WITH «HEAVY INDUSTRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heavy industry.
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Ibrahim Rugova
First, we will focus on the privatization of small and medium sized enterprises, followed by the medium size industry and then we will move on to the heavy industry.
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Paul A. Volcker
Less emphasis on inventories, I think, may tend to dampen business cycles, because business cycles are typically in the grasp of inventory cycles and heavy industry cycles.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEAVY INDUSTRY»

Discover the use of heavy industry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heavy industry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan: Heavy Industry, ...
This is an intensive look at past developments that underlie labor relations in today's Japanese industrial plants. This is a study of labor in Japan. In this book issues of power and conflict occupy center stage.
Andrew Gordon, 1988
2
The Writings of Mao Zedong, 1949-1976: January 1956-December ...
The Relationship Between Industry and Agriculture and Between Heavy Industry and Light Industry Heavy industry is the most important thing, and [we] must give priority to its development; no one disagrees with this. As far as the handling of ...
Zedong Mao, Michael Y. M. Kau, John K. Leung, 1992
3
Lessons from East Asia
Heavy Industry.** In 1980, the new prime minister. Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, launched a state-sponsored heavy industry project. The Heavy Industries Corporation of Malaysia (HICOM) was incorporated in November 1980 with an authorized ...
Danny M. Leipziger, 2001
4
Export-oriented Industrialization in Developing Countries
of the growth of manufacturing output in terms of light and heavy industry reveals that over the period 1955-1970 the growth rates of light industry slackened most notably: the average annual growth rates dropped from 5.2 per cent during the ...
Hans Linnemann, 1987
5
The Chinese Economy
An important division of industry output is between heavy industry and light industry. According to Chinese official definition, as stated in the Statistical Yearbook of China, 1981 (pp. 514-515), heavy industry usually produces capital goods and ...
Gregory C. Chow, 1987
6
ASEAN-China Economic Relations: Developments in ASEAN and China
To a certain extent the excessive development of heavy industry hampered the development of light industry and agriculture. This in turn resulted in shortages in market supply and the government was forced to introduce the policy of state ...
Siow Yue Chia, Bifan Cheng, 1989
7
China's New Industrialization Strategy: Was Chairman Mao ...
There are three aspects to the specific Dengist strategy that contributed to the aggravation, namely the role of heavy industry in intraindustrial allocation, the specifically Dengist approach to labour mobilization, and the open-door policy.
Y. Y. Kueh, 2008
8
The 2013 International Conference on Management and ...
The induced effect of export to the added-value in heavy industry and light industry is obvious, which is different with previous conclusions. The data shows that the pulling effect of export for heavy industry is far stronger than light industry,  ...
Alice Peng, 2013
9
China's Energy Strategy: Economic Structure, Technological ...
The Chinese government, therefore, earmarked the major share of capital investment for the development of heavy industry. Between 1953 and 1979, an average of 90 percent of industrial investment was allocated to heavy industry ( Cheng, ...
Xiannuan Lin, 1996
10
Transforming the Chinese Economy
80.0 Percentage point year 1 9 7 8 Light industry Heavy industry 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 0.0 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1992 1 9 9 6 1998 2000 20 0 2 2 0 0 4 Sources: Department of Industry and Transportation of the ...
Fang Cai, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEAVY INDUSTRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heavy industry is used in the context of the following news items.
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UPDATE 2-SKF sees slower demand as Europe weighs, hitting …
"As we enter the third quarter we experience a relatively weak industrial production in many parts of the world, especially in heavy industry, in ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
2
Site for food industry park is under our noses: Mayor
Residents along the LeFevre Peninsula have long called for heavy industry, such as Penrice and Adelaide Brighton Cement, to move out of the ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
3
Reasons behind northeastern China's sudden fall|WCT
The area was guided into heavy industry by China's five-year development plans. After China began liberalizing its markets, it conducted ... «WantChinaTimes, Jul 15»
4
TABLE-China June power consumption rises 1.8 pct | Reuters
... 60.7 2.9 320.5 2.1 Heavy industry 283.8 0.3 1569.8 -0.9 -Tertiary industry 58.5 6.7 339.7 8.1 Jan-June Y/Y chg Power plant utilisation (hours) ... «Reuters UK, Jul 15»
5
Carbon tax zombies? Direct Action, emissions trading and the …
Second is creating baselines for the emissions from heavy industry and penalties if they are breached. However, the government says it does ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
6
Khan on Mayweather: It's Between Me and Berto For 9/12 - Boxing …
There is heavy industry talk that Mayweather and Berto could face each other in a network television headliner on CBS, and not on a ... «BoxingScene.com, Jul 15»
7
E&P activities heat up offshore Colombia - Offshore
The unit, subsequently named Caribbean FLNG, has been built and is undergoing final stages of construction at the Wison Heavy Industry's ... «Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Battle over carbon freebies ahead of EU policy launch - RTCC
The EU emissions trading system (ETS) was devised to give heavy industry and power generators an incentive to clean up their act. «RTCC, Jul 15»
9
The recipe for health and happiness in Australia
Loud noise such as the sound of traffic, aeroplanes, trains and heavy industry can decrease life satisfaction. The mere sight of messy homes ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
10
The nuclear pursuit is the most beneficial of all routes - Business Day
The proposed carbon tax due to be implemented next year will add an additional layer of cost that will hurt heavy industry. With nuclear power ... «BDlive, Jul 15»

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