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Webster 1913 Edition
Technology
Tech-nol′o-gy
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] an art +
-logy
; cf. Gr. [GREEK] systematic treatment: cf. F. technologie
.] Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.
☞ Technology is not an independent science, having a set of doctrines of its own, but consists of applications of the principles established in the various physical sciences (chemistry, mechanics, mineralogy, etc.) to manufacturing processes.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Technology
TECHNOL'OGY
,Noun.
1.
A description of arts; or a treatise on the arts.2.
An explanation of the terms of the arts.Definition 2024
technology
technology
English
Noun
technology (countable and uncountable, plural technologies)
- (uncountable) The organization of knowledge for practical purposes.
- 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
- Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
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- All the different and usable technologies developed by a culture or people.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "technology": assistive, automotive, biological, chemical, domestic, educational, environmental, geospatial, industrial, instructional, medical, microbial, military, nuclear, visual, advanced, sophisticated, high, modern, outdated, obsolete, simple, complex, medieval, ancient, safe, secure, effective, efficient, mechanical, electrical, electronic, emerging, alternative, appropriate, clean, disruptive.
Hyponyms
Hyponyms of technology
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Derived terms
- design technology
- tech
- techno
- techno geek
- technology transfer
Related terms
Related terms
Translations
the study of or a collection of techniques
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a particular technological concept
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body of tools
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References
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technology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
External links
- technology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- technology in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- technology at OneLook Dictionary Search