technology
/tɛkˈnɒlədʒi
/noun (plural technologies) [mass noun]
1The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry: advances in computer technology [count noun]: recycling technologies...
- These new technologies can be useful, if we apply them to practical problems.
- The lead times for developing new technologies in the nuclear industry are very long.
- New technologies in medicine are crucial and will have an enormous impact.
1.1Machinery and devices developed from scientific knowledge: it will reduce the industry’s ability to spend money on new technology...
- This is precisely what new technology has allowed the developed world to do.
- This is a newly developed technology so the parameters remain to be explored.
- The cutting edge technology has been developed by the force's Scientific Support Unit.
1.2The branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences.The money will be spent over the next four years on technology, science and mathematics....
- These are just a few of the things historians do when they study the past of science, technology and medicine.
- Members of the public will often express caution about the advantages of new science and technology.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Greek tekhnologia 'systematic treatment', from tekhnē 'art, craft' + -logia (see -logy).
This is from Greek tekhnologia ‘systematic treatment’, from tekhnē ‘art’ and -logia ‘speaking, discourse’. Early 19th-century technique, comes via French.