technology

Plural: technologies

Noun

• the practical application of science to commerce or industry
• the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
• The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
• Machines or equipment thus designed.
• Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
• Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
• The study of or a collection of techniques.
• A discourse or treatise on the arts.

Examples

• Humankind relies on technology to keep average standard of living higher than it would otherwise be.
• the incipient metalworking technology of the Bronze Age
• We went to the trade show to see the latest technology on display.

Synonyms

applied science, engineering, engineering science

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