ecotechnologyn.
/ˌiːkəʊtɛkˈnɒlədʒi/, /ˌɛkəʊtɛkˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌɛkoʊtɛkˈnɑlədʒi/, /ˌikoʊtɛkˈnɑlədʒi/ Technology designed to deal with environmental concerns; an instance of this.
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society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > technology > branches or types of
manufacturing technology1890
geotechnics1902
geotechnology1908
neotechnics1927
high technology1936
appropriate technology1950
new technology1953
space technology1957
technoscience1960
microtechnology1963
telechirics1963
reproductive technology1965
high-tech1967
megatechnics1967
terotechnology1970
ecotechnology1973
new-tech1980
analogue1986
sci-tech1990
haptics1992
1973 Bennington (Vermont) Banner 13 Oct. 8/5 Among these will be such concerns as..ecocommunities and ecotechnologies—utopian thinking for the future.
1997 A. Dewdney Yes we have no Neutrons vii. 123 One reporter claimed that SBV hoped to sell its ecotechnology to NASA and to the European Space Agency.
2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 16 May 59/2 Ecological roof gardens.., biochemical super-decomposers of waste and other ecotechnologies create a sustainable environment in which landscape functions less as a backdrop and more as a productive, living machine.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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