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technology transfers

technology transfers is the plural of technology transfer.

Meaning of technology transfer

Noun

technology transfer (countable and uncountable, plural technology transfers)

  1. The movement of (especially new) technology from one field or region to another, especially from a research institution to the marketplace in order to allow commercialization.
    • University licensing offices have at their disposal a number of contractual arrangements to facilitate technology transfer, including secrecy agreements, options, licenses, material transfer agreements, and equity investments.2004, David Mowery, Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation, page 178
  2. The use of a concept or product from one technology to solve a problem in an unrelated one.

Questions about technology transfers

What is technology transfers the plural of?
Technology transfers is the plural of technology transfer.

Words near technology transfers in the dictionary

  1. technology
  2. technology education
  3. technology stack
  4. technology stacks
  5. technology transfer
  6. technology transfers
  7. technology tree
  8. technology trees
  9. technology-wise
  10. technologyless
  11. technologywise

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