Technology
[tek'nɒlədʒɪ] or [tɛk'nɑlədʒi]
Definition
(noun.) the practical application of science to commerce or industry.
Typed by Barnaby--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.
Checker: Raymond
Examples
- In his work on architecture, Vitruvius shows himself a diligent a nd devoted student of the sciences in order that he may turn them to account in his own department of technology. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A further development in technology corresponded more closely to thei r national needs, and in this field they came undoubtedly to surpass the Greeks. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I wouldn't give a penny for the ordinary college graduate, except those from the institutes of technology. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Natasha