technological

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
technology/tekˈnɒləʤi/

▶noun (pl. technologies) the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.

■ machinery and equipment based on such knowledge.

■ the branch of knowledge concerned with applied sciences.

– derivatives
technological adjective,
technologically adverb,
technologist noun.

– origin C17: from Gk tekhnologia ‘systematic treatment’, from tekhnē ‘art, craft’ + -logia (see -logy).