a style of disco music characterized by very fast synthesizer rhythms, heavy use of samples, and a lack of melody.
Origin: 1985–90
techno-
a combining form borrowed from Greek where it meant “art,” “skill,” used in the formation of compound words with the meaning “technique,” “technology,” etc.: technography.
Origin: comb. form repr. Gk téchnē art, skill. See technic
from Gk. tekhno-, combining form of tekhne "art, skill, craft, method, system," probably from PIE base *tek- "shape, make" (cf. Skt. taksan "carpenter," L. textere "to weave;" see texture). Technophile is attested from 1968; technophobe from 1965.