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Technology

//tɛkˈnɒləd͡ʒi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines. countable, uncountable

    "Meronyms: (contextually meronymous) art, applied science, industrial arts"

  2. 2
    the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment wordnet
  3. 3
    Machines or equipment thus designed. countable, uncountable

    "We went to the trade show to see the latest technology on display."

  4. 4
    machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences wordnet
  5. 5
    Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras). countable

    "the incipient metalworking technology of the Bronze Age"

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  1. 6
    the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems wordnet
  2. 7
    Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism. countable, figuratively

    "Comb jellies lack the most impressive 'technology' of jellyfish - the nematocyst stinging apparatus which is one of the most deadly weapons and fastest cellular processes in nature."

  3. 8
    The study of or a collection of techniques. literary, uncountable
  4. 9
    A discourse or treatise on the arts. archaic, countable, uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología, “systematic treatment (of grammar)”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). By surface analysis, techno- + -logy.

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