Definition of State-of-the-art

1. Adjective. The highest level of development at a particular time (especially the present time). "State-of-the-art technology"

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Definition of State-of-the-art

1. Adjective. (alternative form of state of the art) ¹

2. Noun. (alternative form of state of the art) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of State-of-the-art

statable
statal
statant
statant(ip)
statarianly
statary
statcoulomb
state
state's attorney
state's evidence
state-controlled
state-of-the-art (current term)
state-sponsored terrorism
state-supported
state attorney
state bank
state boundary
state capital
state capitalism
state capitals
state change
state flower
state flowers
state government
state highway
state house

Literary usage of State-of-the-art

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Patents for Useful Inventions by William Callyhan Robinson (1890)
"Evidence Concerning the State of the Art at the Date of the Invention. ... That the state of the art is proof of what was old and in general use at the date ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"was not a patentable novelty, In view of the state of the art at the timeo/ the alleged invention, as shown in certain prior letters patent specifically ..."

3. Physics of Plutonium Recycling: Benchmark Results Analysis : a Report by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (1995)
"... Annex 2 to Chapter 6 Effect of different state-of-the-art nuclear data libraries on the PWR ... stateoftheart ..."

4. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1817)
"... Pointed Birches — Interesting Inscription — Mosaic Painting— Present State of the Art—Joseph's Well—Origin of the Citadel—View from the Ramparts. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... lli" i- two cities, but in the then state of the art, that cable could not i>e used beyond ..."

6. Etching & Etchers by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1868)
"CHAPTER I. PRESENT STATE OF THE ART IN ENGLAND. TF the English school of etching derived from past -*• art any visible or traceable affiliation, ..."

7. Lectures on Painting by James Barry, John Opie, Henry Fuseli (1848)
"ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ART, AND THE CAUSES WHICH CHECK ITS PROGRESS. SUCH is the influence of the plastic arts on society, on manners, sentiments, ..."

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