Associations to the word «Biotechnology»

Wiktionary

BIOTECHNOLOGY, noun. The use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other technological applications.
BIOTECHNOLOGY, noun. The application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences.

Dictionary definition

BIOTECHNOLOGY, noun. The branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes; "biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem".
BIOTECHNOLOGY, noun. The branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky