"light industry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: light industries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} light industry (countable and uncountable, plural light industries)
  1. Any industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery. Wikipedia link: light industry Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: light engineering Translations (industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery): թեթև արդյունաբերություն (tʿetʿew ardyunaberutʿyun) (Armenian), лёгкая прамысло́васць (ljóhkaja pramyslóvascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), ле́ка проми́шленост (léka promíšlenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), indústria lleugera [feminine] (Catalan), 輕工業 (Chinese Mandarin), 轻工业 (qīnggōngyè) (Chinese Mandarin), yengil sanayı (Crimean Tatar), lehký průmysl [masculine] (Czech), malpeza industrio (Esperanto), kergetööstus (Estonian), kevyt teollisuus (Finnish), industrie légère [feminine] (French), Leichtindustrie [feminine] (German), könnyűipar (Hungarian), industri ringan (Indonesian), 軽工業 (keikōgyō) (alt: けいこうぎょう) (Japanese), жеңіл өнеркәсіп (jeñıl önerkäsıp) (Kazakh), 경공업 (gyeonggong'eop) (alt: 輕工業) (Korean), vieglā rūpniecība [feminine] (Latvian), lengvoji pramonė [feminine] (Lithuanian), лека индустрија (leka industrija) [feminine] (Macedonian), perindustrian ringan (Malay), صنایع سبک (Persian), przemysł lekki [masculine] (Polish), indústria leve [feminine] (Portuguese), industrie ușoară [feminine] (Romanian), лёгкая промы́шленность (ljóxkaja promýšlennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), industria ligera [feminine] (Spanish), ле́гка промисло́вість (léhka promyslóvistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
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          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
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          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
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          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
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          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
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          "roman": "leka industrija",
          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
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          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
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          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "indústria leve"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "industrie ușoară"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ljóxkaja promýšlennostʹ",
          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "лёгкая промы́шленность"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "industria ligera"
        },
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "léhka promyslóvistʹ",
          "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ле́гка промисло́вість"
        }
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      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
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      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "léka promíšlenost",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ле́ка проми́шленост"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indústria lleugera"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "輕工業"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīnggōngyè",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "轻工业"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "yengil sanayı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "lehký průmysl"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "malpeza industrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "kergetööstus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "kevyt teollisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "industrie légère"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leichtindustrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "könnyűipar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "industri ringan"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けいこうぎょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keikōgyō",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "軽工業"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jeñıl önerkäsıp",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "жеңіл өнеркәсіп"
    },
    {
      "alt": "輕工業",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeonggong'eop",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "경공업"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vieglā rūpniecība"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lengvoji pramonė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "leka industrija",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лека индустрија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "perindustrian ringan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "word": "صنایع سبک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przemysł lekki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indústria leve"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "industrie ușoară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljóxkaja promýšlennostʹ",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лёгкая промы́шленность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "industria ligera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "léhka promyslóvistʹ",
      "sense": "industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ле́гка промисло́вість"
    }
  ],
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