technology
/tɛkˈnɑ.lə.dʒi/ noun A1- 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.
- Machines or equipment thus designed. · We went to the trade show to see the latest technology on display.
- Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras). · the incipient metalworking technology of the Bronze Age
- Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
- The study of or a collection of techniques.
Plural technologies
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