biotechnicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈtɛknᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌbaɪoʊˈtɛknək(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bio- comb. form, technical adj.

Etymology: < bio- comb. form + technical adj., after biotechnics n.

Of or relating to biotechnics or biotechnology; = biotechnological adj.

ΚΠ

1900 Lancet 21 July 179/2 The book opens with chapters on the apparatus used in bio-technical work and an account of the methods of examination.

1938 Science 4 Nov. 417/1 The influence of biological sciences on what I would call biotechnical industries is a later development.

1991 J. Rifkin Biosphere Politics i. ix. 65 The transition from the industrial age to the biotechnical age is creating new interest in the commercial exploitability of DNA.

2000 Church Times 24 Mar. 13/3 He is looking forward to moving to Cambridgeshire where so much experimental bio-technical work is being carried on.

Derivatives

bioˈtechnically adv.

ΚΠ

1929 Soc. Rev. 21 337 Our customary political and abstract conceptions of ‘the State and the Individual’ become concretely biological as regards their nature and biotechnically constructive, ie, geotechnic, as regards their policy.

1987 Daily Tel. 6 July 16 The military use of biotechnically derived agents, resulting from..genetic engineering.

2002 Environmental Design & Constr. (Nexis) 1 Mar. The technology is there to make a lot of plastics out of biotechnically sourced materials—for example, some polyesters are currently being made from corn and plant waste.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	biotechnical
释义	biotechnicaladj. Brit. /ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈtɛknᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˈtɛknək(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bio- comb. form, technical adj. Etymology: < bio- comb. form + technical adj., after biotechnics n. Of or relating to biotechnics or biotechnology; = biotechnological adj. ΚΠ 1900 Lancet 21 July 179/2 The book opens with chapters on the apparatus used in bio-technical work and an account of the methods of examination. 1938 Science 4 Nov. 417/1 The influence of biological sciences on what I would call biotechnical industries is a later development. 1991 J. Rifkin Biosphere Politics i. ix. 65 The transition from the industrial age to the biotechnical age is creating new interest in the commercial exploitability of DNA. 2000 Church Times 24 Mar. 13/3 He is looking forward to moving to Cambridgeshire where so much experimental bio-technical work is being carried on. Derivatives bioˈtechnically adv. ΚΠ 1929 Soc. Rev. 21 337 Our customary political and abstract conceptions of ‘the State and the Individual’ become concretely biological as regards their nature and biotechnically constructive, ie, geotechnic, as regards their policy. 1987 Daily Tel. 6 July 16 The military use of biotechnically derived agents, resulting from..genetic engineering. 2002 Environmental Design & Constr. (Nexis) 1 Mar. The technology is there to make a lot of plastics out of biotechnically sourced materials—for example, some polyesters are currently being made from corn and plant waste. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1900
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