LOW-COST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does low-cost mean? 

• LOW-COST (adjective)
  The adjective LOW-COST has 1 sense:

1. that you have the financial means for

  Familiarity information: LOW-COST used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOW-COST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

That you have the financial means for

Synonyms:

affordable; low-cost; low-priced

Context example:

low-cost housing

Similar:

cheap; inexpensive (relatively low in price or charging low prices)

 Context examples 

Selenium supplements are low-cost, and if the results are confirmed, this supplement could save millions of lives.

(New Genetic Discovery May Eventually End Premature Birth, VOA)

Researchers from the University of Granada and RMIT University in Melbourne have developed personalised and low-cost wearable ultraviolet (UV) sensors that warn users when their exposure to the sun has become dangerous.

(New wristband provides personalised and real-time tracking of UV exposure, University of Granada)

This rapid, low-cost water quality monitoring technology could be a transformational tool for reducing both local and global disease burdens.

(Using a smartphone to detect norovirus, National Science Foundation)

The finding may lead to new approaches to develop low-cost, non-invasive therapies for treating dental disease and tooth damage.

(Laser Therapy Prompts Regeneration in Teeth, NIH)

This average amount of bisphenol A was more than 25 times higher than that found in the socks sold by the low-cost international retailer and the higher-quality international brand.

(Nine out of ten pairs of baby socks on the market contain traces of bisphenol A and parabens, University of Granada)

The discovery could help improve understanding of the scientific basis of health benefits of olive products and develop new, low-cost nutraceutical strategies to fight type 2 diabetes and related obesity.

(Health Benefits of Olives and Olive Oil, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A low-cost topical antibacterial agent is quickly needed.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)

The new textile electronic devices are based on low-cost, sustainable and scalable dyeing of polyester fabric.

(Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes, University of Cambridge)

Brazilian researchers have developed a low-cost method of classifying the most common malignant brain tumour in children, which they say can help medics diagnose and treat the condition.

(New method to classify brain tumour in children, SciDev.Net)

This project focuses on capillary-based paper microfluidics to fill the need for ultra-low-cost blood coagulation diagnostics.

(Engineers create a simple test that can measure stress, National Science Foundation)