technologies
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1.
the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
2.
the terminology of an art, science, etc.; technical nomenclature.
3.
a scientific or industrial process, invention, method, or the like.
4.
the sum of the ways in which social groups provide themselves with the material objects of their civilization.
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World English Dictionary
technology (tɛkˈnɒlədʒɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -gies | |
| 1. | the application of practical sciences to industry or commerce |
| 2. | the methods, theory, and practices governing such application: a highly developed technology |
| 3. | the total knowledge and skills available to any human society for industry, art, science, etc |
| [C17: from Greek tekhnologia systematic treatment, from tekhnē art, skill] | |
| technological | |
| —adj | |
| techno'logically | |
| —adv | |
| tech'nologist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
technology
1615, "discourse or treatise on an art or the arts," from Gk. tekhnologia "systematic treatment of an art, craft, or technique," originally referring to grammar, from tekhno- (see techno-) + -logia. The meaning "science of the mechanical and industrial arts" is first recorded
1859. High technology attested from 1964; short form high-tech is from 1972. Tech as a short form of Technical College (Institute, etc.) is Amer.Eng., attested from 1906.
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Science Dictionary
technology  (těk-nŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
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Example sentences
They have a point: disruptive technologies reconfigure old businesses and create new ones.
But the same new technologies that have flooded us with information can also help us find our way through it.
Complex technologies and financial transactions must be understood.
It's fun to play with or create new technologies before they are available to the public.
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