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State of the art

adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    At the highest level of development at a particular time; cutting-edge.

    "state-of-the-art technology"

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time. uncountable

    "The foregoing may be considered to present perhaps a very gloomy outlook both for the would-be inventor, the actual patentee, or for those having capital invested in a patent, since it is easy to see that it is quite impossible in the ordinary run of cases fully to ascertain beyond peradventure that the state of the art does not somewhere contain an instance of anticipation."

  2. 2
    the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time wordnet

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