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cleantech

UK/ˈkliː.ntɛk/

cleantech noun: technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution.

Noun

cleantech (countable and uncountable, plural cleantechs)

  1. Technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution.
    • If I'm getting impatient, one can only imagine the impatience of auto workers who have lost their job, promising cleantech start-ups that can't afford to commercialize their prototype […].2009 January 19, Tyler Hamilton, “Clean tech programs losing steam”, in Toronto Star

Forms of cleantech

pluralcleantechs

Origin of cleantech

From clean + tech.

Questions about cleantech

What does cleantech mean?
Cleantech means technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution.
What part of speech is cleantech?
Cleantech is a noun.
How do you pronounce cleantech?
Cleantech is pronounced /ˈkliː.ntɛk/ (UK).
What is the plural of cleantech?
The plural of cleantech is cleantechs.

Words near cleantech in the dictionary

  1. cleansingly
  2. cleansings
  3. cleanskin
  4. cleanskins
  5. cleant
  6. cleantech
  7. cleantechs
  8. cleanth
  9. Cleanthean
  10. Cleanthes
  11. cleanup

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