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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.