Meanings
noun
- The use of technology that is small-scale, affordable by locals, decentralized, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sound, and locally autonomous.
Synonyms: AT
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe use of technology that is small-scale, affordable by locals, decentralized, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sound, and locally autonomous.
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with appropriate technology
technologypsychologybiologymethodologyecologypathologypharmacologytheologyastrologygeologyanthropologyarchaeologymythologyradiologytopologyanthologynanotechnologyideologyneurologycardiologydermatologymorphologyontologyapology
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APA
appropriate technology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appropriate%20technology
MLA
“appropriate technology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appropriate%20technology. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “appropriate technology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appropriate%20technology.
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