technology

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technologies

1.
(countable, uncountable)The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
Meronyms: (contextually meronymous) art, applied science, industrial arts
Humankind relies on technology to keep average standard of living higher than it would otherwise be.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Machines or equipment thus designed.
We went to the trade show to see the latest technology on display.
3.
(countable)Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
the incipient metalworking technology of the Bronze Age
4.
(countable, figuratively)(countable, figurative) Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
5.
(literary, uncountable)(uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.
6.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A discourse or treatise on the arts.

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Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (systematic treatment (of grammar)), from τέχνη (art) + -λογία (study). techno-.