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technological, a.|tɛknəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -ical.]
Pertaining or relating to technology.
1. Belonging to technical phraseology or methods: esp. of terms, words, senses; = technical 3 b. Now rare.
1627in Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. a iij, Each Science termes of Art hath wherewithall To expresse themselues, calld Technologicall. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. Pref. 20 The word λογος..being a technological term well known among the Jews (probably from the writings of Philo). 1854J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc., Chem. 432 This material, considered in a technological sense, may be described as an alkaline silicate.
2. Relating to or dealing with the study of the arts, esp. the industrial arts.
1800Monthly Mag. June 468/2 A new work..consecrated entirely to the arts and manufactures, in the way of annals or technological memoirs. 1864G. W. Dasent Jest & Earnest (1873) II. 34 The dreary columns of a technological dictionary. 1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 59 The exposition of the industrial and the technological value of the mineral wealth of the country.
3. Pertaining to or characterized by technology; resulting from developments in technology (esp. technological unemployment).
1930Econ. Jrnl. XL. 551 (title) Rationalisation and Technological Unemployment. 1942J. H. Oldham in Christian News-Let. 6 May 5/2 The question of the stability of our modern technological civilization. 1957Technology Mar. 1/1 The Government is spending millions on the scientific and technological departments of universities and on the technical colleges. 1961P. Drucker Technology & Culture II. 348 There is only one thing we do not know about the Technological Revolution—but it is essential: What happened to bring about the basic change..which released it? 1968Economist 6 July 54/2 Technological forecasting is an exercise in logical deduction rather than straight mathematical calculation... The biggest incentive to technological forecasting is commercial: as industry becomes bigger and more capital-intensive, the cost of mistakes rises. 1970Nature 24 Oct. 387/2 The one dimensional ‘technological fixes’ that society has so far provided to solve its problems. 1983Wall St. Jrnl. (European ed.) 14 Apr. 1 Computer yahoos who electronically invade other people's computers... ‘I call it electronic vandalism or technological trespassing,’ says..a computer-security consultant. |