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technology

noun
/tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/UK/tɛkˈnɑ.lə.dʒi/US/ˈʈɛk(h).nɵˌlɔ.dʒi/

Etymology

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

  1. learned borrowing from τεχνολογία

Definitions

  1. The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example…

    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.

  2. Machines or equipment thus designed.

    • We went to the trade show to see the latest technology on display.

  3. Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in…

    Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).

    • the incipient metalworking technology of the Bronze Age
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.

      • Comb jellies lack the most impressive 'technology' of jellyfish - the nematocyst stinging apparatus which is one of the most deadly weapons and fastest cellular processes in nature.

    2. The study of or a collection of techniques.

    3. A discourse or treatise on the arts.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at technology. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at technology. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at technology

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA