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noun
The long-standing global human activity of technology combined with the scientific method that occurred primarily in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
The study of the technological and social context of science.
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Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences, social-science, social-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek τεχνο- (tekhno-)der. English techno- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientialbor. Old French sciencebor. Middle English science English science English technoscience From techno- + science.
