technology

noun

(countable) Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).

The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.

Machines or equipment thus designed.

(uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.

(countable, figurative) Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.

(archaic) A discourse or treatise on the arts.

Roots

technetechn- · Greek · art, skill, craft logos-log · Greek · study, discourse

Synonyms for technology

technics sciencen techniquen

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Where does technology come from?

The word technology breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: techn-, from Greek techne (“art, skill, craft”); and -log, from Greek logos (“study, discourse”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.