technology

Signification

1. The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
2. Machines or equipment thus designed.
3. Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
4. Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
5. The study of or a collection of techniques.
6. A discourse or treatise on the arts.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɛkˈnɒləd͡ʒi/

Étymologie

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

Phrases

Underground sprinklers function through means of basic electronic and hydraulic technology .

Les gicleurs souterrains fonctionnent au moyen d'une technologie électronique et hydraulique de base.

Technology has also been used to create interactive adverts .

La technologie a également été utilisée pour créer des publicités interactives.