noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/
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General-American:/tɛkˈnɑ.lə.dʒi/
India:/ˈʈek(h).noˈlɔː.dʒiː/
India:/ʈek(h)ˈnɔː.lə.dʒiː/
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rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Meronyms: (contextually meronymous) art, applied science, industrial arts
Humankind relies on technology to keep average standard of living higher than it would otherwise be.
Meaning relationships
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Meaning 2
Machines or equipment thus designed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
We went to the trade show to see the latest technology on display.
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noun
Meaning 3
Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
the incipient metalworking technology of the Bronze Age
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Meaning 4
Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively
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Meaning 5
The study of or a collection of techniques.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 6
A discourse or treatise on the arts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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Meaning 7
the practical application of science to commerce or industry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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