Technology Transfer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027744",
  "term": "Technology Transfer",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definitions": [
    "Exchange or sharing of knowledge, skills, processes, or technologies across different organizations.",
    "1. The process of transferring scientific findings from research laboratories to the commercial sector.\n\n2. Spread and adoption of inventions and techniques from one geographic area to another, from one discipline to another, or from one sector of the economy to another. For example, improvements in medical equipment may be transferred from industrial countries to developing countries, advances arising from aerospace engineering may be applied to equipment for persons with disabilities, and innovations in science arising from government research are made available to private enterprise.\n\n3. The process of converting scientific findings from research laboratories into useful products by the commercial sector. (On-line Medical Dictionary)"
  ],
  "abbreviation": "TT",
  "references": [
    "Science and Engineering Indicators 2006",
    "DOE Department of Energy, Human Genome Project Information, Genome Glossary",
    "NIH Genetics Home Reference Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/technology-transfer/"
}