单词 | neotechnics |
释义 | neotechnicsn. Neotechnic development, new technology; the science of this.Used esp. after Lewis Mumford ( Technics & Civilization, 1934) to denote technological development in the period between the late 19th cent. and the Second World War (1939–45). ΘΚΠ 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 1927 A. Defries Interpreter ix. 217 Neotechnics has its physical science, geotechnics its vital sciences, its synthetic aims. 1934 L. Mumford Technics & Civilization 232 One might say..that paleotechnics regarded only the figure to the left of the decimal, whereas neotechnics is preoccupied with those to the right. 1939 E. Staley World Economy in Transit. 5 Neotechnics, of which we have been experiencing the beginnings since the late nineteenth century,..has produced radio communication, the modern automobile, the Dieselelectric streamlined train, and the airplane. 1963 Punch 21 Aug. 284/1 The forms, symbolism and idiom of neotechnics. 1997 S. Connor in R. Porter Rewriting Self 204 The period between the invention of the telephone and the gathering of the great powers for the Second World War marks that second great wave of technological innovation, defined by Lewis Mumford as the era of ‘neotechnics’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1927 |
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