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technology transfer en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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:
   • Technology transfer from the space program has fueled many inventions and innovations, but it was also the excitement of this human accomplishment that drove many young minds (including that of your author) to enter STEM careers. 2018 May 25, David Gewirtz, ZDNet:
2. (countable, uncountable) The use of a concept or product from one technology to solve a problem in an unrelated one.

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Translations (11)

fi teknologian siirto (movement of technology from one context to another) · de Technologietransfer (use of a concept or product) · sw uhawilishaji wa teknolojia (movement of technology from one context to another) · cmn 技術轉讓 /技术转让 (movement of technology from one context to another) · de Technologietransfer (movement of technology from one context to another) · bg трансфер на технологии (movement of technology from one context to another) · fi teknologian soveltaminen (use of a concept or product) · fr transfert de technologie (movement of technology from one context to another) · ro transfer tehnologic (movement of technology from one context to another) · ro transfer de tehnologie (movement of technology from one context to another) · cmn 技術轉讓 /技术转让 (use of a concept or product)