# technology

Pronunciation: US say "tek-NAH-luh-jee" /tɛkˈnɑləd͡ʒi/; UK say "tek-NO-luh-jee" /tɛkˈnɒləd͡ʒi/

## Noun

1. Machines or equipment produced through the practical application of science.
   - Simple: Machines and equipment made using scientific knowledge.
   - _The lab upgraded its technology to keep pace with competitors._
   - _Manufacturing now relies on technology that didn't exist a generation ago._
2. The practical use of science and craft in industry, such as in designing new machines.
   - Simple: Using science and skill together to make useful things, like new machines, in industry.
   - _Advances in technology have transformed how goods are manufactured._
   - _The firm's success rests on applying technology to everyday production problems._
3. A useful skill or device that humans have developed or invented, including in ages before science.
   - Simple: A useful skill or tool that people have made, even long before modern science.
   - _The plow was a transformative technology for early farming communities._
   - _Writing systems were among the most important technologies humans ever invented._
4. The systematic study of techniques, or a body of techniques considered together as one craft. *(literary)*
   - Simple: The set of methods used in a craft, or the study of those methods.
   - _The treatise lays out the entire technology of classical fresco painting._
   - _The museum exhibit explains the technology of early papermaking, from pulp to press._
5. A useful trait that evolution has produced in a living organism, regarded figuratively as nature's engineering.
   - Simple: A useful body feature that a living thing has gained through evolution.
   - _Echolocation is a remarkable technology that evolution gave to bats._
   - _Photosynthesis is one of the oldest technologies that living things have evolved._

## Noun

6. A discourse or treatise dealing with the arts and their practice. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A written work or talk about the arts and how they are practiced.

## Origin

A learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología), meaning the systematic treatment of grammar, formed from τέχνη (tékhnē, "art") plus -λογία (-logía, "study").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/technology (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).