Technomagic
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The use of technology that is impressive and difficult to understand, especially in the field of computing. informal, uncountable
"The demo wowed its audience with its technomagic, leading some audience members to quote Clarke's third law: "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.""
- 2 The combination of magic and technology. uncountable
"In her thesis paper, she explored the theme of technomagic among cargo cults."
Example
More examples"The demo wowed its audience with its technomagic, leading some audience members to quote Clarke's third law: "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.""
Etymology
From techno- + magic.
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