The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word INDUSTRIAL
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More clues leading to the result INDUSTRIAL
- River Test perhaps associated with certain types of plant
- American hearing awful din before striking sort of action
- River Test developed commercially
- Commercial for Asian flower contest
- A way to get rust inlaid which began in 18th century Britain
- River Test suitable for factories?
- Business proceedings under Asian runner
- Like a type of estate in trouble south of river
- Type of action from Democrat to interrupt current American hearing
- River suffering with lots of factories around?
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The straight part
We know that "Machine oriented" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case machine oriented = industrial.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does INDUSTRIAL mean?
INDUSTRIAL noun- (19th-mid 20th century) An employee in industry.
- An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.
- A bond or stock issued by such a company.
- A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience.
- Industrial music.
- An industrial piercing.
- Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.
- Produced by such industry.
- Used by such industry.
- Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.
- Massive in scale or quantity.
- Employed as manpower by such industry.
- (of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.
- Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.