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low-tech

[loh-tek]

adjective

  1. low-technology.



low tech

noun

  1. short for low technology

  2. a style of interior design using items associated with low technology

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or using low technology

  2. of or in the interior design style

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of low-tech1

By shortening
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That lasted even through the brief Moviefone boom, where users could dial a number to get automated showtimes, which was still a low-tech way to find out what was playing nearby.

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She says that there are a number of low-tech ways to keep buildings cool, such as designing for air flow.

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Hezbollah had decided to equip members with low-tech pagers for communicating rather than smartphones which it feared could be used by Israel, its arch-enemy, to gather sensitive information about the group.

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Its authors predict that the armed forces on both sides of the Atlantic will have "significant new needs for services and equipment, both hi-tech and low-tech".

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Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane is a beloved, low-tech holiday event featuring lights strung over 135 massive deodar cedars — all thanks to volunteers.

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