Definition of biotech in US English:
biotech
nounˈbīōˌtekˈbaɪoʊˌtɛk
short for biotechnology
Example sentencesExamples
- But the uncertainties with tech stocks, they felt, would be likely to continue as would the growth of interest in biotech.
- Is it when the genetically engineered crop is delivered to the biotech manufacturing facility?
- He said opportunities were limited and the long life cycles required in biotech put off many funders.
- It has a terrific biotech and health-care industry and some other technology.
- The false story line helps generate public support for the biotech political agenda.
- Everyone working at a biotech has one eye on the exit, ready to bolt if things start to go bad.
- More than 150 people from the biotech industry are in Johannesburg.
- To what extent is competitive pressure in our biotech age a problem in need of a solution?
- The most positive aspect of this budget is that pharma and biotech have been placed at par with the IT industry.
- All three bodies had links with the biotech industry through the pursuit of commercial research contracts.
- It is true that the biotech industry is restructuring madly.
- Chiron's vaccine troubles wouldn't be such a worry if its biotech drugs made up the slack.
- Traditionally for the biotech industry, the paper questions whether people in the UK are really against GM.
- Environmental groups were delighted with the tone of the report, but the biotech industry was also supportive.
- The importance of strong academic departments in the ongoing evolution of biotech cannot be stressed enough.
- I see a potential thriving robotics industry here, a software industry and a biotech.
- It raises many unanswered questions about new Labour, its link to the biotech industry and the safety of GM food.
- How much does he really need the biotech industry anyway?
adjectiveˈbīōˌtekˈbaɪoʊˌtɛk
informal Genetically modified.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's 3003 and the biotech tweaked plants and animals are quite wonderful - but there are only a few dozen of the old species left.
- It is that disconnect that is helping fuel the growth of the biotech food industry.
- I still hear and read about farmers who insist on growing the biotech crops no matter what.
- To the biotech and agriculture industries the fight over organics is a sideshow.
- American farmers certainly don't buy biotech seeds because they have to.