Meanings
- uncountableTechnology based on recent scientific discovery or engineering innovation; startups that work in this field.
1 more example
Move to Leeds and benefit from the jobs boom, says Melissa Berthelot, boss of medical appliance maker WarnerPatch, who relocated her business from London two years ago to benefit from a burgeoning deep tech industry in the West Yorkshire city. […] Deep tech refers to sectors including artificial intelligence, robotics and bio-technologies.
2022 June 4, Phillip Inman, “From deep tech to high finance, why Leeds is luring companies north”, in The GuardianSynonyms: hard tech
- uncountableentertainmentA UK subgenre of house music.
As deep tech evolved, it began to incorporate sonic bells and whistles from UK rave; chopped-up ragga, hip-hop and diva vocals, shuffling syncopations winding around the 4x4 beat, build-drop song structures, and most importantly, floor-rumbling, chest-rattling sub-bass.
2014 December 30, Dominic Morris, “Deep tech: clubbing's biggest success story”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTechnology based on recent scientific discovery or engineering innovation; startups that work in this field.
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