cleantech

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UK/ˈkliː.ntɛk/

noun

Technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution.

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Meanings

nouncleantech (countable and uncountable, plural cleantechs)

plural cleantechs

  1. countableuncountablebusinessTechnologies 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

Origin

From clean + tech.

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Cite this entry
APA

cleantech. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleantech

MLA

“cleantech.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleantech. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cleantech,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleantech.

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