"microtechnology" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microtechnologies [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología)lbor. English technology English microtechnology From micro- + technology. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|micro-<id:very small>|technology|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English micro- Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología)lbor. English technology English microtechnology [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "systematic treatment (of grammar)", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τεχνολογία", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "technology", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "microtechnology", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="microtechnology"> From micro- + technology., {{ety|en|:af|micro-<id:very small>|technology|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂der. Ancient Greek τεχνο- (tekhno-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *légō Ancient Greek λέγω (légō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -λόγος (-lógos) Ancient Greek τεχνολόγος (tekhnológos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología)lbor. English technology English microtechnology From micro- + technology. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} microtechnology (countable and uncountable, plural microtechnologies)
  1. Any of several technologies concerned with material or devices whose size is measured in micrometres Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: microtechnological, microtechnologically Translations (Translations): mikrotekniikka (Finnish), Mikrotechnik [feminine] (German), Mikrostrukturtechnik [feminine] (German), microtecnologia (Italian)

Inflected forms

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