technology

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Machines, equipment, and methods created from scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.

   Modern technology has changed the way we live and work.

2. 2
   noun

   The study and development of practical applications of science, especially in industry.

   She studied technology at university and now designs new machines.

3. 3
   noun

   A particular skill, tool, or method that people have invented.

   Printing was a revolutionary technology in its time.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología, “systematic treatment (of grammar)”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). By surface analysis, techno- + -logy.

Topics