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technology

  • /tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/ UK
  • /tɛkˈnɑ.lə.dʒi/ US
  • /ˈʈek(h).noˈlɔː.dʒiː/ India
  • /ʈek(h)ˈnɔː.lə.dʒiː/ India

Rhymes with -ɒlədʒi

Where it comes from

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

noun technologies

  1. 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
  2. countable, uncountable Machines or equipment thus designed. We went to the trade show to see the latest technology on display.
  3. countable Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras). the incipient metalworking technology of the Bronze Age
  4. countable, figuratively 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.
  5. literary, uncountable The study of or a collection of techniques.
  6. archaic, countable, uncountable A discourse or treatise on the arts.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: applied science, engineering, engineering science, technicality, technical, technological, tech, hi-tech, science, scientific, technique, computerization, computing, cyber, polytechnic, informatics

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noun a particular technological concept

Españoltecnología
한국어과학기술 gwahakgisul
日本語技術 gijutsu
中文科技 kējì
Kiswahiliteknolojia, tekinolojia
Portuguêstecnologia
Italianotecnologia
Ελληνικάτεχνολογία technología
Românătehnologie
Русскийтехноло́гия texnológija

noun body of tools

Españoltecnología
Kiswahiliteknolojia, tekinolojia
Portuguêstecnologia
Italianotecnologia
Ελληνικάτεχνολογία technología
Românătehnologie
Русскийте́хника téxnika

noun the study of or a collection of techniques

Españoltecnología, técnica
한국어기술 gisul, 테크놀러지 tekeunolleoji, 테크놀로지 tekeunolloji
日本語技術 gijutsu, テクノロジー tekunorojī
中文技術 /技术 jìshù, 工藝 /工艺 gōngyì
हिन्दीटैकनोलजी ṭaiknoljī, प्रौद्योगिकी praudyogikī, तकनीक taknīk
Kiswahiliteknolojia, tekinolojia
Portuguêstecnologia, técnica
Françaistechnologie, technique
DeutschTechnologie, Technik
Italianotecnologia, tecnica
Ελληνικάτεχνολογία technología, τεχνική technikí
Românătehnologie, tehnologii, tehnică
Русскийтехноло́гия texnológija, те́хника téxnika
Tiếng Việtkỹ thuật, công nghệ
العربيةتِكْنُولُوجْيَا teknolōjyā, تِقَانَة tiqāna, تَقْنِيَة taqniya, تِقْنِيَّة tiqniyya
עבריתטֶכנוֹלוֹגִיָה tekhnológya, טֶכְנִיקָה tékhnika

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@misc{technology_2026,
  title = {technology},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/technology},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}