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Definition of Technology

1. Noun. The practical application of science to commerce or industry.

2. Noun. The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems. "He had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"

Definition of Technology

1. n. Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.

Definition of Technology

1. Noun. the study of or a collection of techniques. ¹

2. Noun. a device, material, or sequence of mathematical coded electronic instructions created by a person's mind that is built, assembled, or produced and which is not part of the natural world. ¹

3. Noun. all the different and usable technologies developed by a culture or people. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Technology

1. [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Technology

1. 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. Origin: Gr. An art; cf. Gr. Systematic treatment: cf. F. Technologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Technology

technolect technoliteracy technologic technological technological revolution technological singularity technological unemployment technologically technologies technologist

technologists technologize technologized technologizes technologizing technology (current term) technology transfer technology tree technology trees technologyless

technomad technomads technomania technomedicine technomusic technopagan technopaganism technopagans technopathy technopeasant

Literary usage of Technology

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

1. Oecd Economic Surveys by OECD Economic Surveys (2005)
"Economy/Interior Promote innovation and transfer of technology in the Bio-Bio region by developing the region's competitiveness, with the aim of creating ..."

2. Commercial Space Launch Industry: Congressional Hearing edited by Bill Frist (2001)
"The Subcommittee on Science, technology, and Space, hearing on the commercial space launch industry will come to order. I am going to take the liberty of ..."

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