microtechnologyn.
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)tɛkˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˌtɛkˈnɑlədʒi/ Technology that uses or deals with microelectronics, or, more generally, with components measured in microns. Also: (the use and application of) microprocessor (or computer) 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
1963 H. D. Lasswell Future of Polit. Sci. vi. 135 Storage and retrieval operations are practicable..because of the progress of microtechnology.
1974 N. Taniguchi in Proc. Internat. Conf. Production Engin. 2 18/1 The usual precision finishing technology has aimed to get the preciseness and fineness of 1μm, i.e. 10−6m in length, hence it says ‘micro-technology’.
1980 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 25 July 84 The importance of this is manifested by the considerable and widespread public anxiety about the job implications of microtechnology.
1987 S. M. Shortland Managing Relocation (BNC) 115 The presence of the oil and microtechnology industries has resulted in the picture being less bleak in Scotland.
1988 New Scientist 24 Mar. 71/3 Nanotechnology differs from microtechnology, being based on molecular manipulation rather than the miniaturisation of bulk processes.
1989 H. Leach Retailing iv. 78 Microtechnology has arrived in the shop! Computer tags carry a coded message which the computer at the cash desk can read.
1993 Computing 12 Aug. 24/3 Whereas microtechnology is concerned with structures whose feature sizes are measured in microns, nanotechnology is concerned with things some three orders of magnitude smaller.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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