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sociotechnical

sociotechnical adjective: having both social/sociological and technical/technological aspects.

Adjective

sociotechnical (not comparable)

  1. Having both social/sociological and technical/technological aspects

Origin of sociotechnical

From socio- + technical.

Words formed from sociotechnical

Questions about sociotechnical

What does sociotechnical mean?
Sociotechnical means having both social/sociological and technical/technological aspects.
What part of speech is sociotechnical?
Sociotechnical is an adjective.

Words near sociotechnical in the dictionary

  1. sociospheres
  2. sociospiritual
  3. sociostructural
  4. sociostructurally
  5. sociosymbolic
  6. sociotechnical
  7. sociotechnically
  8. sociotechnological
  9. sociotemporal
  10. socioterritorial
  11. sociotherapeutic

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