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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).



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