technology
The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for…The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
» America is ahead in space technology.
Amerika ist führend in der Raumfahrttechnik.
Америка лідирує в аерокосмічних технологіях.
Meaning
6 senses(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.
the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
(countable, uncountable)Machines or equipment thus designed.
We went to the trade show to see the latest technology on display.
(countable)Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
the incipient metalworking technology of the Bronze Age
(countable, figuratively)Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
(literary, uncountable)The study of or a collection of techniques.
Technologie, Technik
техноло́гияtexnológija, те́хникаtéxnika
техноло́гіяtexnolóhija, те́хнікаtéxnika
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A discourse or treatise on the arts.
Examples
403 sentencesAmerica is ahead in space technology.
Америка лідирує в аерокосмічних технологіях.
deAmerika ist führend in der Raumfahrttechnik.
I don't think that technology provides us with everything we need.
Я не думаю, що технологія може надати нам усе, що нам потрібно.
ruЯ не думаю, что технология может предоставить нам всё, что нам нужно.
deIch denke nicht, dass Technik uns mit allem versorgt, was wir brauchen.
Technology can help.
Технологія може допомогти.
ruТехнология может помочь.
Modern technology gives us many things.
deDie moderne Technik beschert uns vielerlei.
We live in the age of technology.
ruМы живём в век технологий.
deWir leben im Zeitalter der Technik.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología, “systematic treatment (of grLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología, “systematic treatment (of grammar)”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). By surface analysis, techno- + -logy.
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Forms
plural: technologies| Singular | technology |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems:engineeringengineering scienceapplied science
Word family
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