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eotechnic
eotechnic, a. (iːəʊˈtɛknɪk) [f. eo- + Gr. τεχνικ-ός (see technic a. and n.).] Denoting or belonging to the first stage of industrial development, when technical advances are first applied to the making of machines.1934 L. Mumford Technics & Civilization iii. 109 The demonstration that industrial civ...
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Lewis Mumford
Technics and Civilization is Mumford's division of human civilization into three distinct epochs (following concepts originated by Patrick Geddes):
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neotechnic
neotechnic, a. (niːəʊˈtɛknɪk) [f. neo- + Gr. τεχνικ-ός (see technic a. and n.).] Denoting, or belonging to, the most recent stage of industrial development. Hence neoˈtechnics, neotechnic technology.1915 P. Geddes Cities in Evolution iv. 64 Simply substituting -technic for -lithic, we may distinguis...
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Technics and Civilization
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Mumford divides the development of technology into three overlapping phases: eotechnic (Greek, eos meaning "dawn"), paleotechnic and neotechnic The use of all of these materials, and the development of science during the eotechnic phase, is based on the abstraction from life of the elements that
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palæo-
palæo-, paleo- (ˌpæliːəʊ, ˌpeɪliːəʊ) before a vowel usually palæ-, pale-, combining form of Gr. παλαιός ancient, used in various scientific words (often opposed to neo-); for the more important of these see their alphabetical places. The spelling with æ is preferred in Great Britain; but pale- (used...
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