sci-techadj.n.
/ˌsʌɪˈtɛk/, U.S. /ˈsaɪˈtɛk/ A. adj. (attributive).
Of or relating to science and technology as interrelated activities.
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1969 Derrick (Oil City, Pa.) 25 Apr. 24/5 In addition to luncheon, there will be discussions and demonstrations in the ‘Sci-Tech’ mobile unit.
1989 J. L. Smith in E. Mount Role Conf. Lit. in Sci-Tech Libr. 22 The explosion in sci-tech information means more and more meetings.
1994 USA Today (Nexis) 27 Oct. (Money section) 5 b Some of the hottest stocks in the past decade - Motorola, Microsoft, and Intel - have been spawned in the sci-tech sector.
B. n.
Science and technology as interrelated activities; science-based technology.
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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
1990 J. Brandon in A. Parfrey Apocalypse Culture (rev. ed.) 264 Our Faustian pact with Mephistophelian ‘sci-tech’ goes back a long way.
1997 Nature 2 Jan. 15/2 The second significant bit of sci-tech derived from the retirement pursuits of the American printer Benjamin Franklin.
2006 S. Adjibolosoo Devel. Civil Soc. vi. 124 Regardless of the depth and breadth of human intelligence and skills in SciTech, we have yet to discover the basic principles that underlie human life.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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