low-tech

(redirected from lo-tech)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Financial.
Related to lo-tech: low tech

low-tech

 (lō′tĕk′)
adj.
Of or relating to low technology.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

low′ technol′ogy


n.
technology utilizing equipment and production techniques that are relatively unsophisticated. Compare high technology.
[1970–75]
low′-technol′ogy, adj.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.low-tech - not involving high technology
high-tech, hi-tech - resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

low-tech

adjective unsophisticated, simple, basic, elementary a simple form of low-tech electric propulsion
scientific, technical, technological, high-tech or hi-tech
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations

low-tech

[ˈləʊtek] ADJde tecnología poco avanzada
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

low-tech

[ˈləʊˈtɛk] adja basso contenuto tecnologico
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

low1

(ləu) adjective
1. not at or reaching up to a great distance from the ground, sea-level etc. low hills; a low ceiling; This chair is too low for the child.
2. making little sound; not loud. She spoke in a low voice.
3. at the bottom of the range of musical sounds. That note is too low for a female voice.
4. small. a low price.
5. not strong; weak or feeble. The fire was very low.
6. near the bottom in grade, rank, class etc. low temperatures; the lower classes.
adverb
in or to a low position, manner or state. The ball flew low over the net.
ˈlower verb
1. to make or become less high. She lowered her voice.
2. to let down. He lowered the blinds.
ˈlowly adjective
of low rank; humble.
ˈlowliness noun
ˈlow-down adjective
mean; contemptible. a low-down thief.
ˈlowland adjective
of or concerning lowlands. lowland districts.
ˈlowlander noun
a person who lives in the lowlands.
ˈlowlands noun plural
land which is low compared with other, higher land.
ˈlow-lying adjective
(of land) at a height not much above sea-level.
low-ˈtech noun
technology using simple tools and unsophisticated equipment and methods.
adjective
low-tech industries/skills.
low tide/water
the time when the sea is lowest at a particular place during ebb-tide. There is three feet of water in the harbour, even at low water.
be low on
not to have enough of. I'll have to go to the supermarket – we're low on coffee and sugar.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in periodicals archive ?
The potential dangers were highlighted by thalidomide survivor Kevin Donnellon and former Sefton councillor Ralph James, who likened them to "lo-tech anti-personnel devices".
Whether hi-tech or lo-tech, the value of innovations targeting marginalised communities is enormous to the populations they serve." WISH 2018 will feature 11 'Young Innovators' from around the world who will be exhibiting their ingenious healthcare-related products, many of which serve to support poor and remote communities.
029 2063 6464 MUSIC Ben Miller Band The Ben Miller Band's early DIY approach extended to the lo-tech, largely self-built, instruments that the members still play on stage, including Miller's thrift-shop guitars and banjos and Scott Leeper's one-string washtub bass.
At the pleasingly lo-tech end you will find the weighted Gravity Blanket, available in three gradations of heaviness: seven, nine or 11kg.
There is an alternative in a range of lo-tech solutions produced by companies such as TTS http://www.tts-group.co.uk and Talking Products https://www.talkingproducts.com/ in a variety of audio enabled devices.
DARA O BRIAIN'S SCIENCE CLUB BBC2, 8pm Where can we find an effective lo-tech weapon in the battle against nefarious hospital superbugs?
Ory said Google Africa will be in the fore front in unlocking Africa innovative potential by incorporating investors opportunities to enhance hi-tech and lo-tech people in building synergies.
Before starting the company, Hasenfuss held management positions at Citibank and State Street Bank, was International Treasurer and Corporate Treasurer of the Sheraton Hotel Corporation and engaged in five business partnerships in hi-tech and lo-tech over a period of 12 years.
It's a real challenge for me, as I'm so pitifully lo-tech.
As I hypothesize in Technologized Desire: Selfhood & the Body in Postcapitalist Science Fiction (2009), the human is only human by way of technology, particularly if we consider technology as any cultural extension of the body, whether it be lo-tech (e.g., speech and writing) or hi-tech (e.g., computers and AK-47s), in which case the technological other is essentially the self.